He better take Fazekas out to dinner because without him he wouldn't have that great record.
RENO, Nev. -- University of Nevada President Milton Glick said Monday he wants to raise basketball coach Mark Fox's annual salary to $500,000 now that Fox has withdrawn from consideration for the top job at Nebraska.
Glick said in a letter to the state Board of Regents and chancellor Jim Rogers the school has offered the $100,000 raise to Fox, pending approval of the regents, to be paid from private sources.
If approved, Fox would be paid $500,000 for the coming season. The regents recently had approved a new five-year contract for Fox effective July 1 that called for $400,000 this season and $25,000 raises each of the next four years.
Fox has compiled a 52-13 record and two NCAA Tournament berths since he was hired as head coach in June 2004 to replace Trent Johnson, now at Stanford.
"We are particularly proud that he has chosen to stay at Nevada, given the significantly higher compensation that a Big Twelve school such as Nebraska is able to offer," Glick wrote Monday in the letter to Rogers.
"Mark has agreed to continue devoting his energies to building a long-term legacy for the Wolf Pack, and he continues his commitment to seeing our basketball players graduate, become good citizens and compete at the highest level," he said.
Fox said he met in Los Angeles Thursday night with Nebraska Athletic Director Steve Pederson about finding a replacement for Barry Collier, who resigned to become athletic director at Butler. ESPN.com reported on Monday that Nebraska was to hire UTEP's Doc Sadler to fill the vacancy.
"I did visit with them and in the end my decision simply was to remain where I'm very, very happy," Fox told reporters Monday.
"It wasn't something I aggressively went after or anything like that," he said.
Fox, who grew up in Kansas, said he met with Glick Friday night "because, quite frankly, I'd never had a chance to meet with him." He said he was "very impressed" with Glick, who was hired as the school president in May and is paid $400,000 a year.
"He wants to build this university into someplace he would want his kids to go. That really struck a chord with me," Fox said.
The Wolf Pack returns four starters this season, including two-time WAC player of the year Nick Fazekas, from a team that went 27-6 and lost to Montana in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in March.
Glick said in a letter to the state Board of Regents and chancellor Jim Rogers the school has offered the $100,000 raise to Fox, pending approval of the regents, to be paid from private sources.
If approved, Fox would be paid $500,000 for the coming season. The regents recently had approved a new five-year contract for Fox effective July 1 that called for $400,000 this season and $25,000 raises each of the next four years.
Fox has compiled a 52-13 record and two NCAA Tournament berths since he was hired as head coach in June 2004 to replace Trent Johnson, now at Stanford.
"We are particularly proud that he has chosen to stay at Nevada, given the significantly higher compensation that a Big Twelve school such as Nebraska is able to offer," Glick wrote Monday in the letter to Rogers.
"Mark has agreed to continue devoting his energies to building a long-term legacy for the Wolf Pack, and he continues his commitment to seeing our basketball players graduate, become good citizens and compete at the highest level," he said.
Fox said he met in Los Angeles Thursday night with Nebraska Athletic Director Steve Pederson about finding a replacement for Barry Collier, who resigned to become athletic director at Butler. ESPN.com reported on Monday that Nebraska was to hire UTEP's Doc Sadler to fill the vacancy.
"I did visit with them and in the end my decision simply was to remain where I'm very, very happy," Fox told reporters Monday.
"It wasn't something I aggressively went after or anything like that," he said.
Fox, who grew up in Kansas, said he met with Glick Friday night "because, quite frankly, I'd never had a chance to meet with him." He said he was "very impressed" with Glick, who was hired as the school president in May and is paid $400,000 a year.
"He wants to build this university into someplace he would want his kids to go. That really struck a chord with me," Fox said.
The Wolf Pack returns four starters this season, including two-time WAC player of the year Nick Fazekas, from a team that went 27-6 and lost to Montana in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in March.