Arizona extends Lloyd’s contract through ’28-29

Jeff Borzello, ESPN

• Personnel WriterFeb 19, 2024, 05:21 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider.
• Signed up with ESPN in 2014.
• Graduate of University of Delaware.Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd has signed

a five-year agreement extension that will keep him in Tucson until a minimum of 2029, the school announced Monday.The deal is pending approval by the Arizona board of regents.Lloyd will make$5.25 million in Year 1, intensifying to $6 million in Year 5.

“I am humbled and grateful to settle a long-term extension here at the University of

Arizona,”Lloyd stated in a declaration.”I am stimulated by the support of our fans, our players, our alumni, President [Robert C.] Robbins, the Board of Regents and our donors. Everyone are aligned on preserving a highly competitive and nationally acknowledged basketball program that offers a terrific experience for the trainee athletes. We will continue to honor the Wildcat basketball heritage and give whatever we need to make people happy to state’Bear Down!'”Editor’s Picks Lloyd, worked with in 2021 to replace Sean Miller, remains in his 3rd season at the helm. He led Arizona to Pac-12 regular-season and conference tournament champions in his first season, with the group making a 1-seed in the NCAA tournament before falling in the Sweet 16. Last season, the Wildcats won the conference tournament once again and landed a 2-seed in the NCAA tournament, but suffered a first-round upset to 15-seed Princeton. Lloyd’s 61 wins in his very first two seasons were the most for any coach in Department I history.Arizona is poised for another Pac-12 championship this season and was a 1-seed in the NCAA competition selection committee’s mock bracket expose Saturday. The Wildcats are 20-5 overall(11-3

in the Pac-12 )and ranked No. 4 in this week’s AP survey.”Tommy has actually proven to be a champion coach, an extraordinary leader and employer, and has reinvigorated Wildcat pride by changing the University of Arizona guys’s basketball program back into one of the top programs in the

country,”Robbins stated.” We are thrilled that he will stay a Wildcat for many years to come. Thanks to the kindness of many in our community who enjoy and support this university and are purchased its future, donor funds have been protected to cover the complete boost of the extension.”Before going to Arizona, Lloyd invested the very first 21 seasons of his training profession at Gonzaga as an assistant under Mark Few.Earlier Monday, Arizona– which is moving from the Pac-12 to the Big 12 next season– hired Missouri athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois as the school’s next advertisement.