Green Bay Packers give head coach Mike McCarthy three-year extension
Earlier this week reports began surfacing that the Green Bay Packers were poised to give head coach Mike McCarthy a contract extension, which would see him coaching the Packers until 2015. The Packers kept the deal under wraps until the last moment and confirmed
late on Friday that McCarthy had been given a new deal.
McCarthy is the Super Bowl winning coach and his stock is higher than ever. The three-year extension is expected to pay McCarthy $5 million a year; an increase of nearly a million dollars from his previous salary.
“We are very pleased to finalize this agreement with Mike,” Packers General Manager Ted Thompson said in a statement. He added, “He’s a good football coach, a good leader, and a good man. I look forward to working with Mike into the future.” Thompson too
was only recently given a three-year extension by the Packers.
Since taking over as the Packers coach, McCarthy has a winning record of 53 wins and 34 losses. McCarthy has led the Packers to the playoffs in three seasons since 2006 and won the NFC North title once. McCarthy said in a statement, “We were very excited
to bring the Lombardi Trophy back home this past season, and we look forward to the challenge of continuing to improve as a football team and adding to the championship legacy here.”
He added that his family loved Green Bay and that they were happy to continue to be a part of the city and the community for the foreseeable future.
McCarthy said that he felt respected in Green Bay and hoped that it wouldn’t change in the future. He said, “I’m very comfortable here.” He added that things had changed very little since winning the Super Bowl and he didn’t expect things to change much
in the 2011 season.
The coaching staff at least won’t be changing much. In addition to McCarthy, the Packers have reportedly signed all of their assistant coaches to one-year contract extensions. Those contracts reportedly extend into the 2012 season. Even with those contract
extensions, coaches could still interview for head coaching positions within the NFL at any time without requiring permission from the Packers.
McCarthy expects continued success with the Packers in the coming years. He thanked Packers general manager Ted Thompson and president and CEO, Mark Murphy for the opportunity he got with the team and the confidence that the Packers have in McCarthy.
Green Bay had engaged McCarthy in negotiations since the end of the 2010 season but were able to sign him now. The Contract is speculated to include incentives and could be worth more than $25 million in five years if the Packers continue to advance to the
playoffs or if they win another Super Bowl title.
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