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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Wednesday, June 24, 2009

New contracts for Stoops, Capel laden with bonuses


JEFF LATZKE
AP Sports Writer

ARDMORE, Okla. — Football coach Bob Stoops and basketball coach Jeff Capel have received new contract extensions featuring stay bonuses aimed at keeping them at Oklahoma long term.

Regents governing the university voted Wednesday to approve the new contracts that would keep both of the coaches in charge of the Sooners for seven more seasons.

Stoops' new deal would pay him more than $30 million through the end of 2015. He would earn a total of $3.675 million next season, including an annual stay bonus of $700,000 that rewards him for staying through usual coaching hiring season.

He will get the bonus in October this season, but in July in subsequent years.

Capel would receive $13.28 million for staying at Oklahoma through June 2016. He's set to earn $1.5 million next season.