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Wyoming announces contract extension for head coach Larry Shyatt

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The 2014-15 season was a special one for the Wyoming Cowboys, as not only did they reach the NCAA tournament for the first time in 13 years but their Mountain West tournament title was the program’s first conference tournament title since 1988. The Cowboys’ 25 wins were the most in a season for the program since 1988.

Those achievements were the most recent steps forward for the program in Larry Shyatt’s second go-round in Laramie (he was head coach for the 1997-98 season), and Wednesday the school announced that it has rewarded its head coach (and his assistants) for their success.

Wyoming and Shyatt have agreed to a contract extension, resulting in his deal now running through the 2019-20 campaign. Also of note in the contract is the fact that all three of Shyatt’s assistants have been taken care of. Allen Edwards and Jeremy Shyatt will reach receive retention bonuses of $100,000, with associate head coach Scott Duncan (who has a two-year deal) receiving an extension of his contract through the 2016-17 season.

Since returning to Laramie in 2011, the elder Shyatt has led Wyoming to four postseason appearances with three being to the CBI (2012, 2013 and 2014) before last year’s NCAA tournament berth.

Getting back to the NCAA tournament in 2016 will require the Cowboys to account for the loss of some key players from last season’s team. Larry Nance Jr., a first round pick of the Los Angeles Lakers, Derek Cooke Jr., Charles Hankerson Jr. and Riley Grabau are all out of eligibility, leaving senior guard Josh Adams as the team’s lone returning starter.

Adams is the team’s lone senior, with there being six freshmen and six sophomores that he’ll be asked to lead on the court this upcoming season.