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January-18th-2008, 11:45 PM
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080118/PKR01/80118131/1978
McCarthy's new contract: 5 years, about $4 million per season
By Pete Dougherty
pdougher@greenbaypressgazette.com
Green Bay Packers Coach Mike McCarthy has agreed to a new five-year contract worth about $4 million per season but will wait until after this weekend to sign it, according to an NFL source familiar with the negotiations.
The Packers had been working on the deal for several weeks and had the parameters set by last weekend.
Negotiations concluded this week, but McCarthy didn’t want the contract to become a distraction prior to Sunday’s NFC championship game, so he will wait until next week to sign it.
The Packers are tearing up McCarthy’s original three-year contract that paid him $2 million per year and ran through the 2008 season.
His new deal runs through the 2012 season and is the same length as General Manager Ted Thompson’s new contract, which was announced Jan. 7.
The average salary for NFL head coaches is approximately $3.4 million.
McCarthy's new contract: 5 years, about $4 million per season
By Pete Dougherty
pdougher@greenbaypressgazette.com
Green Bay Packers Coach Mike McCarthy has agreed to a new five-year contract worth about $4 million per season but will wait until after this weekend to sign it, according to an NFL source familiar with the negotiations.
The Packers had been working on the deal for several weeks and had the parameters set by last weekend.
Negotiations concluded this week, but McCarthy didn’t want the contract to become a distraction prior to Sunday’s NFC championship game, so he will wait until next week to sign it.
The Packers are tearing up McCarthy’s original three-year contract that paid him $2 million per year and ran through the 2008 season.
His new deal runs through the 2012 season and is the same length as General Manager Ted Thompson’s new contract, which was announced Jan. 7.
The average salary for NFL head coaches is approximately $3.4 million.