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Stew Morrill will be at Utah State for a little while longer.

Morrill, the accomplished men's basketball coach at USU, along with women's basketball coach Raegan Pebley, signed contract extensions with the school Friday.

The extension for Morrill is designed to keep him in Logan until retirement, said Scott Barnes, Utah State's athletic director.

Morrill, who has led the Aggies to four consecutive Western Athletic Conference titles and three straight NCAA Tournament appearances, signed a six-year extension that will keep him on the sidelines through the 2016-17 season.

Pebley's extension is for five years, running through the 2015-16 season.

"We wanted to keep Stew here for the rest of his career," Barnes said Friday when reached by The Salt Lake Tribune. "He's been a great coach and a great role model for the program. He's been one of the most accomplished coaches in all of Division I basketball, and he's taken the program to new heights."

Morrill is already the winningest coach in school history, with a 324-103 record. Under him, USU's won seven regular-season titles and six conference tournaments. He's won three consecutive WAC Coach of the Year awards, and he was named the 2011 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year after last season.

"Two things I've said since I arrived at Utah State is that it's a privilege to coach here and that this will be my last coaching job," he said. "Thirteen years later, I feel stronger than ever about both statements. I want to thank Scott Barnes and President Stan Albrecht for giving me and our staff the continued security of a long-term contract."

Morrill, with 542 overall victories, is 18th all-time among active coaches. He's put together 12 consecutive 20-win seasons, which is tied for the sixth-longest streak in the nation.

Pebley, who led her team to the conference semifinals this past season, is the reigning WAC Coach of the Year. She led the Aggies to the Women's NIT, their first postseason appearance in 20 years, and finished the season with a school-record 18 wins.

"Raegan built the program from the ground up," Barnes said. "She's made the program competitive, and we love the direction that she has the program going." —

Sticking around

Stew Morrill

• Has led the Aggies to seven regular-season titles.

• Has a .759 winning percentage as USU's head coach.

• Is the winningest coach in Utah Statehistory

Raegan Pebley

• Led the Aggies to the WAC semifinalsfor the second time in three years.

• Is the winningest coach in school history.

• Led USU to its first postseason win since 1977.