Weeks before a new season tips off, men’s basketball coach Mark Fox and Georgia have signed his new five-year contract worth $2 million annually.
Georgia head coach Mark Fox yells from the court during the second half of the NCAA college basketball game between Georgia and South Carolina in Athens, Ga., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. (AJ Reynolds/Staff, @ajreynoldsphoto)
The reworked deal that runs through March 31, 2020 was announced on May 21 but the 32-page document signed by Fox, athletic director Greg McGarity and president Jere Morehead was obtained this week via an open records request by the Athens Banner-Herald.