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Contract Extension Will Keep Basketball Coach Wes Miller In Gate City Through 2029

UNC Greensboro's head coach Wes Miller applauds his team during an NCAA college basketball game against East Tennessee State for the Southern Conference tournament championship in Asheville, N.C., Monday, March 6, 2017. East Tennessee State won 79-74. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

UNC Greensboro has extended men's basketball coach Wes Miller's contract through 2029.

The deal comes after he led the Spartans to their first NCAA Tournament since 2001.

Athletic director Kim Record announced the seven-year extension that increases Miller's base salary to more than $300,000 per year. It also increases his retention bonus and other performance-based incentives.

Record calls the extension "an investment in the future of our men's basketball program and a statement that as we raise our performance, we have also raised our expectations."

Under the 35-year-old Miller's leadership, UNC Greensboro won a school-record 27 games, claimed consecutive Southern Conference regular season titles and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.

Miller was also a member of UNC Chapel Hill's 2005 national championship team.

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Keri Brown is a multi-award winning reporter and host at 88.5 WFDD. She has been honored with two regional Edward R. Murrow awards for her stories about coal ash, and was named the 2015 radio reporter of the year by the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (RTDNAC).Although she covers a variety of topics, her beats are environmental and education reporting.Keri comes to the Triad from West Virginia Public Broadcasting, where she served as the Chief Bureau Reporter for the Northern Panhandle. She produced stories for the state's Public Television and Radio programs and was honored by the West Virginia Associated Press Broadcasters Association for her feature and enterprise reporting.She also served as an adjunct instructor at Wheeling Jesuit University and Bethany College in West Virginia. She worked with the Center for Educational Technologies in Wheeling, WV, and other NASA centers across the country to develop several stories about the use of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts in the classroom.Keri's journalism career began at WTRF-TV 7 in Wheeling. She worked in several roles at the station, including the head assignment editor. She also was a field producer and assignment manager at WPGH-TV Fox 53 in Pittsburgh.Keri is a graduate of Ohio University. When she's not in the studio or working on a story, she enjoys watching college football with her family, cooking, and traveling.Keri is always looking for another great story idea, so please share them with her. You can follow her on Twitter @kerib_news.

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