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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Louisville basketball coach Denny Crum
says a top booster at the University of Miami called him about the
school's coaching vacancy, but he intends to complete his career
with Louisville.
"I was contacted by a prominent booster from the University of
Miami on Sunday about their open coaching position," Crum said in
a statement Monday. "I'm flattered by their interest, but this has
been my home for 29 years and when I retire it will be as a
Louisville Cardinal."
Crum told the Lexington Herald-Leader on Sunday night that the
booster told him the job was his if he wanted it. Crum, a Hall of
Fame coach with a 663-276 record at Louisville, said he took the
offer seriously.
A spokesman for the Miami basketball team said Monday the school
had not heard about the report.
Hamilton agreed to a contract buyout with the Hurricanes on
Sunday. He is expected on Monday to accept Michael Jordan's offer
to coach the NBA's Washington Wizards.
Crum, 63, has been Louisville's coach for 29 seasons and led the
Cardinals to national championships in 1980 and 1986. In the past
two seasons, the Cardinals lost in the first round of the NCAA
Tournament.
Crum signed an incentive-laden four-year contract extension in
1998 at a base salary of $353,702. Hamilton bought out a contract
at Miami that would have paid him an average of $750,000 a year.
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