Board of Regents to review Budke’s contact

 Oklahoma State women’s basketball coach Kurt Budke could receive another raise after guiding the Cowgirls to the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament for only the second time in school history.
Meeting in Oklahoma City on Friday, the Oklahoma A&M Board of Regents approved an agenda item allowing university President Burns Hargis and athletic director Mike Holder “to execute any contractual adjustments to talent and personal services contract” for Budke.
Contacted by e-mail, Holder said “I have no additional information at this time” about any potential changes to Budke’s contract.
Under his current contract, Budke receives $335,000 annually in guaranteed money, including a base salary of $160,000. He received a $100,000 raise in 2007 after the Cowgirls went 20-11 and reached the NCAA tournament for the first time in 11 years. Budke’s contract also was extended through June 2012.
Budke also has incentives for the team’s performance in conference play and the postseason. He received a bonus of one month’s base salary plus $10,000 after the Cowgirls made it to the NCAA tournament’s round of 16, where they lost to Louisiana State. Oklahoma State’s only other trip to the regional semifinals came in 1991.
Hargis said after the regents’ meeting that he didn’t know if another extension or a new contract for Budke was being negotiated.
“We’re real proud of coach Budke,” Hargis said. “He did a great job.
“Coach Budke is going to have a lot of opportunities to go a lot of places and compensation will be an important factor in whether he stays or not.”
Oklahoma State went 27-8 last season. Budke is 53-41 in three seasons with the Cowgirls after going 80-16 in three seasons at Louisiana Tech. He earlier won four national junior college titles as the coach at Trinity Valley (Texas).