Once Under Fire, DuBose Gets Contract Extension Just months after rumors swirled that he would be fired, Alabama Coach Mike DuBose signed a two-year contract extension at season\'s end. \"I can\'t say enough about how proud I am of Coach DuBose and the entire football staff for their accomplishments this season and the classy way they have run their program,\" Athletic Director Mal Moore said in a statement. \"This agreement gives our coaching staff the security they deserve and need.\" The extension runs through January of 2004 and restores time stripped away as punishment following a sexual harassment scandal last summer. The two years had previously been given to DuBose last January, then were taken away after the scandal. Under the pact, DuBose gets a 16.66 percent-bonus of his $150,000 base salary for taking the Crimson Tide to the SEC Conference championship and a bowl. \"We\'re
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