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Wichita State's Turgeon to coach Aggies

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Monday, April 9, 2007

Texas A&M officially named Wichita State's Mark Turgeon its next men's basketball coach on Tuesday. Turgeon will sign a five-year contract, with an automatic rollover of three years, giving him an eight-year deal. He will earn $1.2 million per year, which is $550,000 short of what Billy Gillispie was going to receive before he left last week for Kentucky. ESPN.com reported Sunday that Turgeon was expected to get an offer Monday. Turgeon toured the College Station campus Monday after me ...

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