Ducks Coach Gets 7-Year Deal

August 31, 1999 / 10:53 PM EDT / AP

Oregon football coach Mike Bellotti has agreed to a seven-year contract that could pay the Duck's fifth-year coach in excess of $700,000 a year.

Bellotti, who has led the Ducks to a 30-17 record and three postseason appearances in his first four years, has accumulated more victories during that span than any other football coach in school history.

He has already fourth on Oregon's victory list, trailing Rich Brooks, Len Casanova and Prink Callison.

The agreement runs through the 2005 season and calls for the first three years to be followed by a four-year annual rollover arrangement.

The pact replaces a previous four-year deal that was to have expired following the 2001 season and could have paid as much as $470,000 a year.

Bellotti, 48, will be paid a base salary of $150,000, the same as his current salary under his previous contract. He will be guaranteed an additional $250,000 in outside income, will receive $100,000 in deferred compensation plus an additional $20,000 in non-cash benefits, such as automobiles and club memberships.