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Tennessee announces contract extension, raise for Tony Vitello, making him the highest paid baseball coach in the country

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Tony Vitello can’t stop winning.

After coaching the Vols to their first ever National Championship in baseball and winning an SEC record 60 games, along with the SEC Regular Season Title and SEC Tournament title, Vitello’s just won the title of the highest paid coach in college baseball.

Per D1 Baseball’s Kendall Rogers initially and confirmed shortly thereafter via Tennessee baseball’s Twitter account, AD Danny White and Tony Vitello have agreed to a three-year extension that keeps Vitello in Knoxville through 2029 and doubles his salary from $1.5 million to $3 million with a $250,000 signing bonus.