West Virginia releases details of Bob Huggins' new contract
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West Virginia men's basketball coach Bob Huggins, right, speaks to the media Friday, May 2, 2008  in Morgantown, W.Va., after signing a contract to coach the Mountaineers until age 65. Athletic Director Ed Pastilong, left, made the announcement to the media late Friday afternoon. (AP Photo/Dale Sparks)
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West Virginia men's basketball coach Bob Huggins, right, speaks to the media Friday, May 2, 2008 in Morgantown, W.Va., after signing a contract to coach the Mountaineers until age 65. Athletic Director Ed Pastilong, left, made the announcement to the media late Friday afternoon.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Map, News) - West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins' new contract stipulates he can be fired for substance abuse or habitual intoxication affecting his job performance.

The university on Tuesday released details of the contract Huggins signed Friday.

In 2005, Cincinnati president Nancy Zimpher refused to extend Huggins' contract following his conviction for drunken driving a year earlier. Huggins took a year off, coached at Kansas State for one season and left for West Virginia, his alma mater, in April 2007.

Huggins will earn about $1.5 million per year over the next 10-plus years.

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