The University of Kentucky handed out pay raises and extensions for four of its head coaches in new contracts announced Wednesday with hefty bumps, especially, for softball’s Rachel Lawson and volleyball’s Craig Skinner and big incentives to keep them in the UK fold.
The new deals extended the contracts of Lawson, Skinner, swimming and diving’s Lars Jorgensen and rifle’s Harry Mullins each by a year. Lawson’s, Skinner’s and Jorgensen’s new deals run through 2023 and Mullins’ contract runs through 2022. All of them had just had their contracts redone last year.
“I continue to believe that our group of head coaches is the best in America,” UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart said in a release announcing the contracts.