OU coaches, AD get raises

(Norman-AP) -- Coaches and the athletic director at Oklahoma are getting raises. <br/><br/>The Board of Regents approved the raises, including a raise of more than $120,000 a year for athletic director

Thursday, June 24th 2004, 1:20 pm

By: News On 6

(Norman-AP) -- Coaches and the athletic director at Oklahoma are getting raises.

The Board of Regents approved the raises, including a raise of more than $120,000 a year for athletic director Joe Castiglione.

Basketball coach Kelvin Sampson's raise pushes his salary to more than a million dollars a year. Women's coach Sherri Coale gets a raise to $470,000 a year.

Football coach Bob Stoops has a $100,000 a year raise built into his $2.3-million a year contract.

The football coaching staff is getting raises ranging from $10,000 to $40,000.

A total of 25 coaches are getting a salary increase at a total cost of about $500,000.

O-U President David Boren says the raises are funded completely through athletic department revenue.