INDIANAPOLIS – For a third successive spring, Butler is giving Chris Holtmann a contract extension. It is recognition both for the success the coach has achieved in three years, and how challenging it will be to maintain it.
The university announced Friday that the contact extends through 2024-25, an eight-year agreement giving Holtmann extraordinary job security in college basketball. Salary was not disclosed, although he certainly received another raise.
Butler needed to do something to reinforce to high school prospects that Holtmann will be its longtime coach, to encourage him to stay committed to Butler, and to discourage other schools from pursuing him.