KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer was given a one-year contract extension and a $140,000 raise Tuesday, three days before the Volunteers play Clemson in the Peach Bowl.
The agreement keeps Fulmer at Tennessee through the 2010 season and raises his salary to $1,789,500, up from $1.65 million this year.
Fulmer ranks second in victories among active Division I-A coaches with at least five years' experience. He has a 113-27 record for an .807 winning percentage.
A victory in Friday's Peach Bowl would give Tennessee its 100th victory in the past 10 seasons.
Only Nebraska (107-21) and Florida State (103-20-1) have won more games over that span. Tennessee (10-3) will be appearing in its 15th consecutive bowl game.
NEBRASKA: Receiver Grant Mulkey was arrested and charged with marijuana possession following the Cornhuskers' 17-3 victory over Michigan State in the Alamo Bowl on Monday in San Antonio. Mulkey, a redshirt freshman who did not play in the bowl game, also was charged with resisting arrest and evading arrest, San Antonio police spokeswoman Sandy Gutierrez said. Gutierrez said Mulkey was arrested after officers were called to a disturbance involving a group of men and several women in the Riverwalk tourist district early Tuesday morning.
CENTRAL MICHIGAN: Brian Kelly won two consecutive Division II national titles at Grand Valley State. Now he's stepping up to the Mid-American Conference. His task: to rebuild Central Michigan, a football program he called a "sleeping giant." Kelly will officially be introduced as Central's 24th football coach Friday. He succeeds Mike DeBord, who went 3-9 last season and had a four-year record of 12-34.
