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Newark, N.J. -- Now that the Marquette Golden Eagles' season is over, the coaching carousel will kick into high gear.
That doesn't mean that coach Buzz Williams will be taking part, though.
Williams said in the wake of MU's 81-63 loss to North Carolina in the Sweet 16 that perhaps as soon as this weekend he expected to start talking seriously to the administration at MU about re-working his contract.
Having just completed his third season with the Golden Eagles, Williams is believed to be perhaps the top choice for the vacant job at Oklahoma. He's also been floated as a possible candidate for openings at Tennessee, Missouri and Georgia Tech.
In addition, Williams was rumored to have been a top candidate at Arkansas, until the school lured Mike Anderson away from Missouri.
"I have now completed three seasons as head coach at Marquette," he said. "I've worked under three different contracts. I anticipate, if I can sleep between now and open of business on Monday, that on Monday we'll begin to work on the fourth contract.
"Is it gonna happen on Monday? I don't think so. I can tell you this: I have unbelievable confidence in the administration. I think they feel the same about me. And no amount of money, no years of service, no anything else that goes into a contract means more to me than that."
Williams made $1.6 million this season, and is currently signed to a six-year rollover contract. It's a safe bet MU will up his salary into the $2 million region annually now in the wake of his leading MU to its first Sweet 16 in eight seasons.
He had been reticent to talk about the job rumors in the weeks leading up to Friday's game. But with the season now over, the 38-year-old Williams sounds like a guy who's planning on being in it for the long haul with MU.
"I think part of the reason that I've been blessed with this opportunity is because I've always tried to do what I believe to be right: right as a human being, right as a husband, right as a father and right by the institution that I'm employed at. I have great comfort about where I'm at personally and where I'm at professionally.
"I have unbelievable confidence and faith in the upper administration at Marquette. And that's not going to change, regardless of my emotional level from getting whipped in the Sweet 16. I think that our future is bright -- and as we have learned; I've always known this, just never communicated it -- all of this stuff is really fragile and delicate.
"The peoples' lives that are involved, as a leader, I've got to make sure I'm accountable for the example that I set, and how I'm helping to foster their growth. That means way more to me than winning and losing. I think the message of Marquette as an institution and me as the basketball coach is much deeper than winning and losing.
"I have great comfort, and will always have great comfort, in that as a person and as a professional."
Williams said he'd had general discussions about re-working his deal with MU administrators, including athletic director Steve Cottingham, as recently as Thursday.
Newark, N.J. -- Now that the Marquette Golden Eagles' season is over, the coaching carousel will kick into high gear.
That doesn't mean that coach Buzz Williams will be taking part, though.
Williams said in the wake of MU's 81-63 loss to North Carolina in the Sweet 16 that perhaps as soon as this weekend he expected to start talking seriously to the administration at MU about re-working his contract.
Having just completed his third season with the Golden Eagles, Williams is believed to be perhaps the top choice for the vacant job at Oklahoma. He's also been floated as a possible candidate for openings at Tennessee, Missouri and Georgia Tech.
In addition, Williams was rumored to have been a top candidate at Arkansas, until the school lured Mike Anderson away from Missouri.
"I have now completed three seasons as head coach at Marquette," he said. "I've worked under three different contracts. I anticipate, if I can sleep between now and open of business on Monday, that on Monday we'll begin to work on the fourth contract.
"Is it gonna happen on Monday? I don't think so. I can tell you this: I have unbelievable confidence in the administration. I think they feel the same about me. And no amount of money, no years of service, no anything else that goes into a contract means more to me than that."
Williams made $1.6 million this season, and is currently signed to a six-year rollover contract. It's a safe bet MU will up his salary into the $2 million region annually now in the wake of his leading MU to its first Sweet 16 in eight seasons.
He had been reticent to talk about the job rumors in the weeks leading up to Friday's game. But with the season now over, the 38-year-old Williams sounds like a guy who's planning on being in it for the long haul with MU.
"I think part of the reason that I've been blessed with this opportunity is because I've always tried to do what I believe to be right: right as a human being, right as a husband, right as a father and right by the institution that I'm employed at. I have great comfort about where I'm at personally and where I'm at professionally.
"I have unbelievable confidence and faith in the upper administration at Marquette. And that's not going to change, regardless of my emotional level from getting whipped in the Sweet 16. I think that our future is bright -- and as we have learned; I've always known this, just never communicated it -- all of this stuff is really fragile and delicate.
"The peoples' lives that are involved, as a leader, I've got to make sure I'm accountable for the example that I set, and how I'm helping to foster their growth. That means way more to me than winning and losing. I think the message of Marquette as an institution and me as the basketball coach is much deeper than winning and losing.
"I have great comfort, and will always have great comfort, in that as a person and as a professional."
Williams said he'd had general discussions about re-working his deal with MU administrators, including athletic director Steve Cottingham, as recently as Thursday.
