Rutgers’ Board of Governors is expected to approve a two-year contract extension for men’s basketball coach Steve Pikiell in a special meeting Friday, three individuals with knowledge of the situation told NJ Advance Media.

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Pikiell will be under contract through the 2025-26 season with the extension. Terms are not immediately clear, but one person with knowledge of the contract said Pikiell’s compensation would be in the range of football coach Greg Schiano’s annual $4 million salary by the end of the deal.

Pikiell previously received a contract extension in January 2018 that ran through the 2023-24 season. Pikiell is making $1.7 million for this current season and is scheduled to make $2.2 million next season, followed by salaries of $2.6 million, $3 million and $3.25 million in the final three years of his previously-extended deal. Pikiell is also due a set of $300,000 retention bonuses in July 2020 and July 2023.

Rutgers is in the midst of its most successful season in over a decade under Pikiell, who is in his fourth season. The Scarlet Knights are 18-10 overall and 9-8 in the Big Ten entering a Wednesday night game at No. 16 Penn State. Rutgers has already secured its first winning season since the 2005-06 campaign and is bidding to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1991.

This post initially listed incorrect salary numbers for Pikiell that did not account for all guaranteed compensation. The post has been updated with the correct figures.

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