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Oregon Ducks extend contracts for assistants Keith Heyward, Michael Johnson

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Oregon Ducks assistant coaches Michael Johnson and Keith Heyward will return in 2018 as part of extended deals under new coach Mario Cristobal.

Johnson, who coached receivers, and Heyward, who coached safeties, each signed extensions through January 2020.

Heyward will now earn $450,000 annually, a $75,000 raise. Johnson will get a raise of $60,000 and will now earn $335,000. The figures come from copies of the contract released by the university.

Cristobal called Heyward, who has expressed ambitions of one day becoming a head coach, "a rising star in this industry" who under coordinator Jim Leavitt "played an instrumental role in our remarkable improvement defensively across all metrics.