VCU Coach Shaka Smart Agrees to 8-Year Deal After Final Four

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Shaka Smart parlayed Virginia Commonwealth University’s Final Four run into a new eight-year contract that may almost quadruple his coaching pay.

Smart, 33, has a 55-21 record in two seasons at Richmond, Virginia-based VCU and was considered a candidate for schools from power conferences with coaching vacancies.