Georgia AD Greg McGarity given 1-year contract extension

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity has been provided a 1-calendar year agreement extension.

The announcement came in a exceptional on-line movie spring meeting of the University of Georgia athletic association’s board of directors on Thursday.

The sixty five-calendar year-old McGarity was named Georgia’s Ad in 2010. His extension came in a unanimous vote.

UGA President Jere W. Morehead said he was grateful McGarity agreed to provide a further calendar year ”particularly now, with all that we’re heading by way of – in this state and in intercollegiate athletics – with all the issues that we have confronted, Greg’s encounter and having that continuity is really fantastic for UGA at this time. So I respect his willingness to provide.”

The board also accredited a finances of $149.4 million for 2021. McGarity said the finances involves contingency plans which could be influenced by these components as the variety of admirers allowed to attend football online games all through the coronavirus pandemic.

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