Northern Arizona head football coach Jerome Souers will be extended until Dec. 31, 2018, pending approval from the Arizona Board of Regents on Wednesday. With his current four-year contract, paying him a base salary of $185,000, due to expire Jan. 31, 2018, Souers was asked by Northern Arizona University President Rita Cheng to return to bring stability to a program and athletic department in disarray following Lisa Campos` departure for the University of Texas at San Antonio. After Campos, the former vice president for intercollegiate athletics, announced her move to Texas on Nov. 17, Cheng just three days later overturned Campos´ Sept. 11 decision to end Souers´ 20-year tenure, saying he...
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