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Fitzgerald rewarded with extension

By Adam Rittenberg
ESPN.com

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Northwestern rewarded coach Pat Fitzgerald with a seven-year contract extension Tuesday after the team improved its wins total in each of the past two seasons. Fitzgerald's new contract runs through the 2015 season. He received a five-year contract when he took over as head coach at his alma mater in July 2006, just a week after the sudden death of Randy Walker. Financial terms of the extension were not disclosed. "This has been one of our top priorities the past few months," Northwestern ...

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