Mike London gets an Extension

You earned it.

Mike London got a new 5 year deal from UVA today and it is well deserved. You can read the story here. Terms are not disclosed but it is something the program needed to do in order to fend off the rumors of London to Penn State, which were ridiculous to begin with. This helps on the recruiting trail as it not only shows that the administration has faith in what Coach London is doing, but also ensures recruits that this is not a stepping stone job for him. Coach London has described Virginia as his dream job and given the success he seems to have this could easily become a Mack Brown or Nick Saban type of deal where the coach can stay as long as he wants.

This also helps big time with Stefon Diggs, who is big on coach loyalty, as can be seen by his dropping of Florida when Charlie Weis, who promised he would be there, packed his bags for Kansas. Now the administration needs to open their wallets and pay the assistants and we will truly know that they are in for the long haul.

This is great news for the program, and for us fans. Go Hoos!