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GW Coach Hobbs Signs Extension
New contract keeps coach a Colonial through 2012
George Washington men's basketball coach Karl Hobbs has his future to focus on after he signs a new deal that keeps him with the Colonials through 2012.
(Joel Richardson - The Washington Post)
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George Washington men's basketball coach Karl Hobbs agreed to a contract extension that will keep him signed through the 2012 season, the university announced yesterday. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
The deal adds one more season to a contract extension he signed in March 2005. Hobbs did not answer messages left on his cellphone.
"I felt strongly and the university felt strongly that this was the right thing to do," George Washington Athletic Director Jack Kvan c z said.
Hobbs came to George Washington in 2001 to take his first head coaching job after serving eight seasons as an assistant under Coach Jim Calhoun at Connecticut.
Since his arrival, he has established the Colonials as a perennial contender in the Atlantic 10 Conference, compiling a 114-65 record. But Hobbs has also drawn criticism for his recruiting of players who attended Lutheran Christian high school in Philadelphia, one of several schools that the NCAA deemed "diploma mills."
During the 2005-06 season, Hobbs led the Colonials to a 16-0 mark in the Atlantic 10 while taking them to the second round of the NCAA tournament. The success on the floor continued last season when Hobbs led the third-seeded Colonials through a surprising run in the Atlantic 10 tournament to clinch the program's third straight bid in the NCAA tournament, in which they fell to Vanderbilt in the first round.
GW finished 23-9 last season.
"He did a great job last year," Kvancz said. "I really believe that this is a little bit of a reward. In my opinion, they exceeded everybody's expectations."
-- Marc Carig
