Tuesday, May 26

Baseball coach John Savage extends contract with UCLA

After winning the program's first national championship and bringing home multiple awards recognizing him as the nation's top coach, UCLA baseball coach John Savage and UCLA agreed to terms on a contract extension that will keep him in Westwood until 2025. Read more...

Photo: John Savage was named National Coach of the Year by the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper after guiding UCLA to a title.


Contract with basketball coach Steve Alford includes large early buyout clause

On pain of pocketbook, it appears UCLA and Steve Alford will likely be together until at least 2016. According to a Los Angles Times report Monday night that specifically cited the buyout terms of the UCLA basketball coach's seven-year, $18.2 million deal, the two parties are locked in identical buyout clauses that would require a payout of $10.4 million from the early-acting side should the contract be terminated prior to April 30, 2016, or three years into Alford's tenure. Read more...