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HARRISONBURG — A year, a day and a championship removed from signing his first contract at James Madison, football coach Mike Houston now has a more valuable one.
The school and its coach agreed to stay together for the foreseeable future on Thursday, when Houston signed a restructured contract that includes an additional year and a bump in pay.
His annual base salary was upgraded to $375,000 and the deal runs through the 2021 season.
A year ago, Houston signed a five-year deal at $300,000 per year to run through the 2020 season.
For leading JMU on its run in the 2016 postseason, Houston earned incentive-bonuses netting $87,500.
The postseason incentives remain the same, but JMU added incentives into Houston’s restructured contract that would reward him should the school win the conference or he earn conference coach of the year honors or national coach of the year honors.
Houston said his wife, Amanda, and their two young sons are extremely happy in Harrisonburg, which is part of the reason why he wanted to sign the addendum.
“That’s easily half the equation right there,” Houston said. “With the kids the age that mine are, you don’t want to yank them around. We’ve moved three times in the last four years with the move to Lenoir-Rhyne, to The Citdael and to The Citadel here, and certainly, I don’t want to keep doing that. You want to establish stability.”