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Sanchez extension means UNLV believes in 'The New Era' - UNLV Free Press

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Las Vegas wasn’t built overnight, and the UNLV football program won’t be either, but there is belief and trust that things will turn around sooner rather than later.

The second chapter of the new era has begun.

UNLV head football coach Tony Sanchez has agreed to terms on a contract extension that will run through the 2021 college football season. The extension includes a base salary of $300,000 per year until the contract expires along with winning and media appearance bonuses that can make his earnings reach up to $600,000 each year.

To come to an extension agreement with a head coach that lead the Rebels to two consecutive losing seasons, a 3-9 record in 2015 and a 4-8 mark in 2016, as well as someone who had never coached above the high school level shows that UNLV believes in the Sanchez rebuilding process of becoming a winner.