Sports Shorts
Hall signs new five-year contract
Tech Baseball Head Coach Danny Hall has agreed to and signed a new five-year contract. The new deal will keep Hall with the Jackets through 2010.
Under the new contract, Hall will make $200,000 in base salary. In comparison, his base salary under the old contract was $140,000.
The possibility of total compensation is over $400,000. This factors in television, equipment and camps.
Hall has helped more than 50 of his players sign professional contracts. Tyler Greene and five other players from this year's team were drafted.
Hewitt hires new assistant coach
Basketball Head Coach Paul Hewitt added Tennessee-Chattanooga assistant Charlton Young to his staff.
Young replaces Cliff Warren, who left to fill the vacant head coaching position at Jacksonville.
Young spent seven years at Auburn during two stints with the Tigers. The Tigers' most successful record, 22-12, was the 2002-03 season. Auburn advanced to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament.
Before becoming a coach he was a guard at Georgia Southern. Young holds GSU basketball records for career assists and three-pointers.
Mich. State to host Tech in Challenge
Tech will be on the road again during the seventh annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge this year.
The Jackets will be hosted by Michigan State on November 30. The last time the two teams met, Tech defeated the Spartans 81-80 in overtime of the 1990 Sweet 16.
The Jackets are 3-3 in the previous Challenges, but are 1-2 on the road.
Bodipo-Memba aids national team
Georgia Tech volleyball assistant coach Ben Bodipo-Memba helped lead the United States Women's National Team to a fourth-place finish at the Pan American Cup as an assistant coach.
Bodipo-Memba assisted in all aspects of daily training and opponent scouting in Colorado Springs, Colo. The team qualified for the 2006 World Grand Prix with their finish at the Pan American Games in the Dominican Republic.
Bodipo-Memba has made appearances in the NCAA Tournament in each of his four seasons as a Tech assistant coach.
