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And to make sure the school and fans know how serious he is, Bowden agreed to unprecedented buyout clauses just as strict as the school’s and won’t get a nickel more in salary. “This is where I want to be the rest of my coaching career,” said Bowden, who first imagined a coaching career at Clemson as he watched Danny Ford lead the Tigers to several Atlantic Coast Conference titles and a national championship in the early 1980s. The fifth-year coach had no hard feelings after enduring one of the craziest months any coach has ever gone through. On Nov. 1, fans at the Wake Forest game were chanting to have him fired after a 45-17 loss. On Monday, he was named ACC coach of the year. In between, his Tigers convinc ingly beat then-No. 3 Florida State, Duke and South Carolina by a combined score of 129-34 to secure a Peach Bowl bid and make Bowden the first ACC coach to lead his team to a bowl in each of his first five years. “What they did throughout this year showed a great deal of character, a great deal of integrity and resilience,” said athletic director Terry Don Phillips, whose vague call for im provement in the football program made some fans and reporters turn every game into a referen dum on whether Bowden would be fired. Phillips said the constant ru mors and knee-jerk reactions is why he waited until the end of the year to talk about the coach’s future. “I’m glad he waited until the end of the season,” Bowden joked. While Tuesday was a renewal of vows of sorts — Bowden promis mg to oe true to Clemson for ever, while Phillips said Bowden is our “head coach for the long term” — the two men never shook hands in front ot reporters or engaged each other despite sit ting side-by-side on the podium. Instead, it was all business. For the most part, Bowden’s contract remains the same. He will still get paid $1.1 million per year, with a chance to make an ad ditional $300,000 based on incen tives such as the number of wins each season and performance in bowl games. But the biggest change came in the buyout clause. Bowden agreed to make the same commitment to Clemson as the school made to him. If Bowden is fired before 2005, Clemson will owe him $4 million. And if Bowden leaves on his own before then, he’ll owe the school the same amount. The buyout goes down to $3 mil lion if there are four years left, $2.5 million if Bowden has three to four years remaining and $500,000 if Bowden leaves or is fired with one or two years left on his con tract. Phillips said Bowden came up Sanders CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 in working within the Lions’ com munity relations department. Team president Matt Millen, who contacted Sanders to gauge his interest in playing again in 2000, told Sanders he was welcome » *1* 4* with the buyout idea, telling the athletic director, “I’ll do the very same for Clemson University as they do for me and my family.” Bowden said he researched the proposal and knows of no other coach in the country with a simi lar agreement. Talks on the new contract be gan shortly after Clemson beat South Carolina 63-17 on Nov. 22. Phillips said it took about three business days to make the deal, with much of that time spent mak ing phone calls to about a dozen other schools to compare the deal with other contracts. With his future settled, Bowden said he will turn his at tention to the Peach Bowl, where the Tigers will play a Southeastern Conference oppo nent — most likely Florida — and to recruiting, where having a long-term deal could reap the most benefits by assuring play ers the coach was going to be there. “We’re just a player or two away from a BCS bowl game,” Bowden said. The extension also gives Bowden time to cushion the blow from ACC expansion. The league will be one of the toughest football leagues around after it adds Miami and Virginia Tech next sea son and Boston College soon. Phillips also said some long awaited improvements to the ath letic facilities should begin this summer. For years, Bowden has said Clemson’s ability to compete in the ACC is tied directly to bet ter buildings to wow recruits. Bowden, who was hired by a different athletic director and president, said the extension left him feeling like he had the support of the new administration too. to be a part of the organization, and repeated the offer again after their initial conversation. Millen, a former linebacker who won four Super Bowls with three teams, introduced Sanders at his news conference at Ford Field. “He was the best running back 1 I’ve ever seen, bar none,” Millen said. “It’s not even close.” This is where I want to be the rest of my coaching career” TOMMY BOWDEN CLEMSON HEAD FOOTBALL COACH LSAT higher r test scores ™ guaranteed - or your money back Attend all required classes or make-up sessions, complete ail scheduled tests, and do your homework. If your score doesn't improve on test day from your Kaplan diagnostic or a prior official test score, you can choose to repeat our program for free or get a full refund of your tuition” It’s that simple. 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