WILMINGTON — After leading the UNCW Seahawks to the NCAA tournament for the first time in eight years, the men’s basketball coach will remain shrouded in teal after the Board of Trustees approved his extended contract Wednesday.
Takayo Siddle joined UNCW five years ago and will continue to coach the team through 2030.
Siddle has a 106-47 record, with 99 wins over four seasons. Under the 38-year-old’s leadership, the UNCW Seahwaks have won three CAA Tournament Championship games and claimed its seventh league title earlier this month in Washington, D.C.
“Coach Siddle and his staff have been instrumental in our historic success this decade,” according to UNCW Director of Athletics Michael Oblinger. “We look forward to sustaining success as we continue to elevate our men’s basketball program.”
Siddle’s base salary remains $300,000 a year, but there are incentive packages that can boost it, with $550,000 in supplemental pay. For instance, he will make $25,000 per NCAA Tournament appearance, as well as $25,000 for CAA regular season and tourney appearances, or $15,000 for 25 win seasons and achieving a Top 100 NCAA NET ranking on Selection Sunday.
Siddle said in the release he was “humbled” to work at UNCW and thanked the university leaders, including the BOT, chancellor and Oblinger: “Defense wins championships but so do administrations … Let’s keep it rolling! Go Hawks!”
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