Contract Extension Will Keep Basketball Coach Wes Miller In Gate City Through 2029

UNC Greensboro has extended men's basketball coach Wes Miller's contract through 2029.

The deal comes after he led the Spartans to their first NCAA Tournament since 2001.

Athletic director Kim Record announced the seven-year extension that increases Miller's base salary to more than $300,000 per year. It also increases his retention bonus and other performance-based incentives.

Record calls the extension "an investment in the future of our men's basketball program and a statement that as we raise our performance, we have also raised our expectations."

Under the 35-year-old Miller's leadership, UNC Greensboro won a school-record 27 games, claimed consecutive Southern Conference regular season titles and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.

Miller was also a member of UNC Chapel Hill's 2005 national championship team.

*Follow WFDD's Keri Brown on Twitter @kerib_news