Source: Shaka Smart Turns Down UCLA, Staying At VCU
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 5:57 pm
Shaka Smart turned down an opportunity to coach UCLA and instead signed a contract extension with Virginia Commonwealth, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation.
Smart’s extension will run through 2023 and pay him approximately $1.5 million annually, a 25 percent increase from his previous salary.
Smart, 35, was pursued by Illinois last season and North Carolina State two years ago.