Kind of pressed for time with some stuff tonight, so here's part of a press release about Auburn extending women's basketball coach Nell Fortner's contract:

AUBURN — Auburn head women’s basketball coach Nell Fortner has signed a contract extension which will pay her a minimum of $570,000 annually for the next six seasons according to an announcement by Athletics Director Jay Jacobs.

The extension includes a base salary of $226,800 with the remainder coming from endorsement rights and radio and television agreements. The extension also includes automatic raises for advancement in the NCAA Tournament.

Fortner will also be able to earn incentives which were outlined in her original contract which provide a regular and post-season bonus for meeting certain benchmarks.

“I’m very appreciative of Jay Jacobs for his support and vision of women’s basketball at Auburn,” Fortner said. “The past five years have been phenomenal. We’ve experienced a tremendous amount of growth and had an outpouring of support from the Auburn family, with great crowds and a lot of excitement about Auburn women’s basketball. We have a tremendous staff, talented and dedicated student-athletes, a great fan base and a new arena set to open in 2010, which makes the future of this program very bright. I love Auburn and I’m very excited
to know that I am going to be here a long, long time.”

Named the Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year, Fortner led the women’s team to its first SEC regular season title in 20 years and finished the season with a 30-4 record, while advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers’ 30 wins were the fourth-most in school history and was the first 30-win season since 1988-89.