Central Michigan’s historic run to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 has earned long-time coach Sue Guevara a substantial raise that draws her significantly closer to the highest-paid women’s basketball coaches in the state.
Guevera’s new contract, officially signed earlier this week, will pay her a base salary of $290,000 a year, according to details obtained by The News through a Freedom of Information Act request. That’s a 19.3-percent raise from the $234,000 she was earning under a revised deal signed in March 2015.
Her new, five-year contract runs through the 2022-23 season, a two-year extension.
Among her peers in Michigan, Guevera trails only Michigan State’s Suzy Merchant ($458,025) and Michigan’s Kim Barnes-Arico ($360,000).