STANSBURY SIGNS EXTENSION THRU 2012 07-03-08

MISSISSIPPI STATE HEAD COACH RICK STANSBURY SIGNS A CONTRACT EXTENSION THROUGH THE 2011-2012 SEASON.  THE FOUR YEAR DEAL IS THE LONGEST ALLOWABLE UNDER STATE LAW AND COMES WITH A BASE SALARY OF $225,000.  THE AMOUNT THE BULLDOG FOUNDATION WILL SUPPLEMENT HIS INCOME IS UNKNOWN.  THE 48-YEAR-OLD STANSBURY HAS SPENT THE LAST TEN YEARS AS HEAD BULLDOG, AND IS THE PROGRAMS ALL TIME WINNINGEST COACH.  DURING HIS TENURE, STATE HAS WON 20 GAMES IN A SEASON SEVEN TIMES, WON FOUR SEC WEST DIVISION TITLES AND BEEN TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT FIVE TIMES, INCLUDING THE 2002 SEASON WHEN THE BULLDOGS WON THE SEC TOURNAMENT.