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Bennett's new deal with CCU official
CONWAY | David Bennett
has the groundwork to remain
the football coach at Coastal
Carolina for a long time.
On Friday, Bennett signed a
10-year contract that will pay
him a base salary of $160,000
annually beginning May 16.
That figure does not include
bonuses that could reach
$54,000 each year, television
and radio deals worth $21,000
annually and the profits from
his summer football camp.
Additionally, on Jan. 1 of each
year beginning in 2008, Bennett
will receive an 8 percent raise.
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Kiffin's 'pumping gas' comment motivates SCarolina
South Carolina wide receiver Moe Brown says he's ready to show Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin "how we do pump gas at South Carolina."
That rallying cry comes from Gamecocks wide receiver Alshon Jeffery, who has said Kiffin tried to change his mind about his choice of college by telling him he'd end up pumping gas for the rest of his life like other South Carolina high school players who stay in state.
Kiffin has denied saying it, and Jeffery wouldn't talk to reporters Tuesday about the incident, which was first reported by ESPN.com last March.
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Local football star picks Clemson
Loris High rising senior
Jonathan Willard verbally
committed to play college
football for Clemson today at the high
school.
The 6-foot-2, 200-pound
hard-hitting linebacker is
rated by Rivals.com as the
10th best prospect in South
Carolina's 2008 class, and the
No. 16 outside linebacking
prospect in the country.
As a junior last season,
Willard registered 130
tackles, including and also
used his speed - sub 4.6
seconds in the 40-yard dash
- and size to play running
back for the Lions.
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2 S.C. high school players charged in assault
Two South Carolina high school football players have been charged with assaulting one of their teammates.
Multiple media outlets report Thursday that police say 17-year-old Devin Gaines and 18-year-old Austin Hunter beat up a younger teammate in a Seneca High School locker room after football practice Oct. 26.
The teammate's name has not been released. The student told police the trouble started after he called Hunter a "molester" during practice.
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Experts: HS football concussions merit more study
Some studies suggest that head injuries can set up professional football players for later mental problems. Now congressmen and experts want to know more about injuries to high school players.
NFL concussions were the focus of a hearing in Washington this week. Some experts estimate as many as 1 in 10 high school football players get a concussion every year, but little is known about the long-term medical risks.
Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., said at the hearing that he would seek information on high school and college players.
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