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Coach Steve Alford apologizes to UCLA fans, says he will return contract extension

UCLA basketball Coach Steve Alford apologized for a season he called “unacceptable” and announced in a letter to fans Sunday evening that he would return a previous one-year contract extension.

A UCLA spokesman confirmed that nearly all aspects of Alford’s contract will revert to the original terms. That includes the $10.4-million buyout, paid upon his dismissal, which will now extend only through April 30 of this year. That figure drops to $7.8 million until April 30, 2017; $5.2 million until April 30, 2018; and $2.6 million until April 30, 2019.

Alford is now under contract until the completion of the 2020 season.