Kent Gets Five-Year Deal with Ducks: Oregon coach Ernie Kent received given a new five-year, $5 million contract. The deal, which runs through 2011-12, comes as a result of Oregon’s fantastic 2006-07 season. The Ducks were 29-8, won the Pac-10 Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA’s Elite Eight. Kent also has a 193-120 overall record in 10 years at the school. Kent, 52, will have a base salary of $800,000. He trails only Howard Hobson as Oregon’s all-time winningest coach. [4/13/07]
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Tuesday, November 26, 2024
The Seven C’s of Leadership
Former college basketball coach Mike Jarvis is back with a new book, The Seven C's of Leadership.
"Every one of us has leadership within us and this book offers fascinating principals that work in any setting—from the locker room to the executive board room. In The Seven C's of Leadership, Coach Jarvis lays out the essential ingredients of leadership."
-Jay Wright, NCAA Championship Men’s Basketball Coach, Villanova University
"At a time in America when we are witnessing an epidemic of opioid addictions and deaths, along with suicides, we need Coach Jarvis' Seven C's of Leadership – grounded in the power of Christ alone where we should all make our stand.”
-Lietenant Colonel Allen B. West (U.S. Army, Retired), Bronze Star recipient, and Member 112th U.S. Congress
"The Seven C's of Leadership is a slam dunk! Coach Jarvis has always been an outstanding leader because he has the ability to decipher what true leadership really means.”
-Dale Brown, Head Men’s Basketball Coach, LSU, 1972-1997, Member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame, and Shaquille O’Neal’s college coach