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ASU offers reins to Peterson
Former Mountaineers basketball coach will decide ‘within days' whether to return to his old job.
By Jim Utter
jutter@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Thursday, Apr. 02, 2009
Any day now, Appalachian State could have a new men's basketball coach with an old nameplate on his desk.
Former Mountaineers coach Buzz Peterson has been offered his old job back and said he will make a decision whether to accept it “within days.”
Peterson, director of player personnel with the Charlotte Bobcats, said he has been in contact with Appalachian State officials and its search committee since last weekend.
“I just have to make up my mind what I want to do,” said Peterson, who was reached by telephone Wednesday. “I miss coaching. I miss having my own team. I miss riding the team bus. I miss eating dinner with the guys on the team.
“As for Appalachian, I really love the place – always have.”
Peterson, 45, was the Mountaineers' coach from 1996 to 2000.
He led Appalachian State to the Southern Conference tournament championship and an NCAA tournament bid during the 1999-2000 season. He also coached at Tulsa, Tennessee and Coastal Carolina before taking the Bobcats' job.
Sources said Peterson was offered a base salary of between $250,000 and $300,000 annually.
That would far exceed the base salary of Mountaineers football coach Jerry Moore, who has won three national championships in the Football Championship Subdivision.
Moore's base salary in 2006-07 (the most recent figures available) was $115,000 a year, according to the UNC System Salary database.
In addition to the salary, sources say Peterson's deal likely would contain other incentives, including the use of a house and car.
Peterson might also get the benefit of an agreement giving the Mountaineers two road games at North Carolina, sources said.
Peterson said he saw one negative in returning to Appalachian State: taking the place of former assistant Houston Fancher, who resigned last month after nine seasons.
“I didn't really like what they did to Houston,” Peterson said. “I also know, however, that in today's world seven years is about the average length of a coach at one school.”
Peterson played college basketball at North Carolina, where he was a roommate of Michael Jordan, who is part-owner and managing member of basketball operations for the Bobcats.
ASU offers reins to Peterson
Former Mountaineers basketball coach will decide ‘within days' whether to return to his old job.
By Jim Utter
jutter@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Thursday, Apr. 02, 2009
Any day now, Appalachian State could have a new men's basketball coach with an old nameplate on his desk.
Former Mountaineers coach Buzz Peterson has been offered his old job back and said he will make a decision whether to accept it “within days.”
Peterson, director of player personnel with the Charlotte Bobcats, said he has been in contact with Appalachian State officials and its search committee since last weekend.
“I just have to make up my mind what I want to do,” said Peterson, who was reached by telephone Wednesday. “I miss coaching. I miss having my own team. I miss riding the team bus. I miss eating dinner with the guys on the team.
“As for Appalachian, I really love the place – always have.”
Peterson, 45, was the Mountaineers' coach from 1996 to 2000.
He led Appalachian State to the Southern Conference tournament championship and an NCAA tournament bid during the 1999-2000 season. He also coached at Tulsa, Tennessee and Coastal Carolina before taking the Bobcats' job.
Sources said Peterson was offered a base salary of between $250,000 and $300,000 annually.
That would far exceed the base salary of Mountaineers football coach Jerry Moore, who has won three national championships in the Football Championship Subdivision.
Moore's base salary in 2006-07 (the most recent figures available) was $115,000 a year, according to the UNC System Salary database.
In addition to the salary, sources say Peterson's deal likely would contain other incentives, including the use of a house and car.
Peterson might also get the benefit of an agreement giving the Mountaineers two road games at North Carolina, sources said.
Peterson said he saw one negative in returning to Appalachian State: taking the place of former assistant Houston Fancher, who resigned last month after nine seasons.
“I didn't really like what they did to Houston,” Peterson said. “I also know, however, that in today's world seven years is about the average length of a coach at one school.”
Peterson played college basketball at North Carolina, where he was a roommate of Michael Jordan, who is part-owner and managing member of basketball operations for the Bobcats.
