Per Enquirer's Cliff Peale:
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University Of Cincinnati
The University of Cincinnati will launch a private fund-raising drive later this month for a $60 million to $70 million renovation of Nippert Stadium.
UC President Santa Ono said he didn’t promise the renovation to new football coach Tommy Tuberville but that it would capitalize on the momentum of the lightning-quick hire and make UC more attractive to other conferences.
“I didn’t say, ‘I promise you X,’ ” Ono said. “I didn’t even say that to Butch Jones.”
As for the Atlantic Coast Conference, which UC is looking to join: “I know what they were looking for from us. The things that we’re doing are aggressive addressing those concerns.”
Tuberville appeared before UC trustees Tuesday.
“Really, I’m not just a football coach,” he said. “I’m a salesman. I’m gonna sell the football program and the university ... This is not going to be a hard sell.”
Athletic Director Whit Babcock said he hadn’t even committed a salary range for Tuberville to paper, much less negotiated a full contract.
But Ono said it won’t be any more than UC was prepared to pay the $1.6 million that former coach Jones would have earned he had stayed.
The Tuberville appointment and a potential jump-start to the Nippert Stadium project are the latest in an eventful two weeks for UC athletics.
First the ACC rebuffed its attempts to join, then Jones was courted by several universities before leaving for Tennessee, then Babcock shocked the college football world by hiring Tuberville from Texas Tech.
“I’m just incredibly excited,” Ono said. “You should see my e-mails right now. There’s incredible excitement. This is a clear signal to the world that we are serious.”
Written by
Cliff Peale
Filed Under
News
University Of Cincinnati
The University of Cincinnati will launch a private fund-raising drive later this month for a $60 million to $70 million renovation of Nippert Stadium.
UC President Santa Ono said he didn’t promise the renovation to new football coach Tommy Tuberville but that it would capitalize on the momentum of the lightning-quick hire and make UC more attractive to other conferences.
“I didn’t say, ‘I promise you X,’ ” Ono said. “I didn’t even say that to Butch Jones.”
As for the Atlantic Coast Conference, which UC is looking to join: “I know what they were looking for from us. The things that we’re doing are aggressive addressing those concerns.”
Tuberville appeared before UC trustees Tuesday.
“Really, I’m not just a football coach,” he said. “I’m a salesman. I’m gonna sell the football program and the university ... This is not going to be a hard sell.”
Athletic Director Whit Babcock said he hadn’t even committed a salary range for Tuberville to paper, much less negotiated a full contract.
But Ono said it won’t be any more than UC was prepared to pay the $1.6 million that former coach Jones would have earned he had stayed.
The Tuberville appointment and a potential jump-start to the Nippert Stadium project are the latest in an eventful two weeks for UC athletics.
First the ACC rebuffed its attempts to join, then Jones was courted by several universities before leaving for Tennessee, then Babcock shocked the college football world by hiring Tuberville from Texas Tech.
“I’m just incredibly excited,” Ono said. “You should see my e-mails right now. There’s incredible excitement. This is a clear signal to the world that we are serious.”
