Arizona extends coach Tommy Lloyd’s contract by way of 2028-29

Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd has signed a five-year contract extension that can hold him in Tucson till not less than 2029, the college introduced Monday.

The brand new deal is pending approval by the Arizona Board of Regents.

Lloyd will make $5.25 million in 12 months one, escalating to $6 million in 12 months 5.

“I’m humbled and grateful to finalize a long-term extension right here on the College of Arizona. I’m energized by the assist of our followers, our gamers, our alumni, President Robbins, the Board of Regents and our donors,” Lloyd stated. “All of us are aligned on sustaining a extremely aggressive and nationally acknowledged basketball program that gives an ideal expertise for the coed athletes. We are going to proceed to honor the Wildcat basketball heritage and provides every thing we now have to make folks proud to say ‘Bear Down!'”

Lloyd is in his third 12 months on the helm, being employed in 2021 to switch Sean Miller. He led Arizona to Pac-12 regular-season and convention event championships in his first season, incomes a 1-seed within the NCAA event earlier than falling within the Candy 16. Final season, the Wildcats once more received the convention event and landed a 2-seed within the NCAA event, however suffered a first-round upset to 15-seed Princeton. His 61 wins in his first two seasons was probably the most for any coach in Division-I historical past.

Arizona is poised for an additional Pac-12 championship this season and was a 1-seed within the NCAA event choice committee’s mock bracket reveal this previous Saturday. The Wildcats are 20-5 general (11-3 within the Pac-12) and are ranked No. 4 on this week’s AP ballot.

“Tommy has confirmed to be a championship coach, an distinctive chief and recruiter, and has reinvigorated Wildcat satisfaction by reworking the College of Arizona males’s basketball program again into one of many high packages within the nation. We’re thrilled that he’ll stay a Wildcat for years to return,” college president Robert C. Robbins stated. “Due to the generosity of many in our group who love and assist this college and are invested in its future, donor funds have been secured to cowl the total value enhance of the extension.”

Earlier than going to Arizona, Lloyd spent the primary 21 seasons of his teaching profession at Gonzaga as an assistant coach underneath Mark Few.

Earlier Monday, Arizona – which is transferring from the Pac-12 to the Massive 12 subsequent season – employed Missouri athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois as the college’s subsequent AD.