Men’s basketball coach Jerome Jenkins was given a new contract on May 6.

With only one year remaining on a contract that would pay him $65,000 a season, athletic director Terry Wanless elected to give Jenkins an automatic two-year rollover contract.

The new contract will have to be renewed each year by the university and will start paying Jenkins $70,000 in the 2003-04 season.

Jenkins’ third season with the Hornets resulted with a 12-17 record overall and a 5-9 record in the Big Sky, both records were the best ever posted by the Hornets in their 12-year Div. I history.

Jenkins won only three games his first season at the helm, and improved to 9-19 last year. Aside from the numbers, Sac State also made their first Big Sky Tournament appearance this season and upset Montana in the first round before falling to Weber State in the semi-finals.

Last week, Wanless named former Oregon assistant Dan Muscatell head coach of the women’s basketball team.. He was signed to a three-year deal at $70,000 preseason.