Posted at 4:19 p.m., Thursday, June 19, 2003
June Jones' contract forwarded to UH regents for vote
Advertiser Staff
The University of Hawai'i Board of Regents committee on personnel and legal affairs today forwarded a recommendation for a new contract for Warrior football coach June Jones.The full board will vote on the matter tomorrow morning at its monthly meet at the UH-Manoa Campus Center.
If the contract is approved, Jones will become the state's highest paid employee with a five-year contract valued at between $700,000 and $1 million annually.
UH athletic director Herman Frazier declined comment this afternoon, but people familiar with the situation said the matter advanced out of this morning's committee meeting.
The regents are expected to approve the recommendation.
When asked how the morning session went, Frazier, who attended the meeting, said, "It went."
Jones, 50, is paid $320,000 annually under terms of a five-year contract that expires in January.
