University of Memphis women's baskeball coach Melissa McFerrin gets 1-year extension

Since coming to the University of Memphis in 2008, women's basketball coach Melissa McFerrin has helped turn a foundering program into a Conference USA contender in just three seasons, including last season's run to the conference tournament semifinals.

For that, McFerrin received a one-year contract extension through the 2015-16 season. Her base pay will remain at $180,000.....

.....McFerrin has compiled a 53-45 record in her three seasons at the UofM. The Tigers are coming off a 21-13 campaign that included wins over Southern Miss and No. 3 seed Rice in the C-USA tournament and a bid to the WNIT, where the Tigers lost a first round game to Alabama.

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