New Mexico’s Davie suspended 30 days

New Mexico suspended coach Bob Davie on Thursday for 30 days without pay, following multiple investigations that examined whether he and his coaching staff interfered with criminal investigations or misconduct cases involving players.

Davie, the former Notre Dame coach, became New Mexico’s coach in 2011, taking over a team that had lost 35 of 38 games under coach Mike Locksley, who also had several off-field problems.

Davie succeeded Lou Holtz at Notre Dame in 1997 and compiled a 35-25 record over five years. He was fired after the 2001 season with a 5-6 record and worked as a television analyst for ESPN before returning to coaching.

Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approved new contracts for coach Paul Chryst, offensive coordinator Joe Rudolph and defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard following a school-record 13-win season. Financial terms were not announced. Chryst was due to make $3.3 million in 2018.

Clemson: Defensive coordinator Brent Venables became the second assistant coach in the nation to reach the $2 million plateau. Venables joins LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda as the only assistants to annually make $2 million. Aranda recently received a contract worth $2.5 million.

Montana State: Coach Jeff Choate had his contract extended through the 2021 season.

The San Francisco 49ers locked up Jimmy Garoppolo Thursday with a long-term deal.

The NFL Network reported the five-year contract, and a news conference is being planned for today. According to the network, Garoppolo’s new contract is worth as much as $137.5 million. That averages $27.5 million a year, making it the richest in NFL history.

To put that in perspective, Detroit quarterback Matthew Stafford’s deal — which he signed in August and which previously had been the NFL’s biggest — averages $27 million a year. Garoppolo’s former teammate, Tom Brady, has a salary that averages $20.5 million a year. Garoppolo, a former second-round draft pick out of Eastern Illinois, earned approximately $3.5 million total in his first four years in the league.

The 49ers are a franchise known for quarterbacks. Three — Y.A. Tittle, Joe Montana and Steve Young — are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

But none created the early buzz Garoppolo generated.

After trading a second-round pick to New England for him Oct. 30, the 49ers gave the 26-yearold passer his first start Dec. 3 in his hometown of Chicago. Garoppolo completed 70 percent of his passes and led the team on a last-minute drive that ended with a winning field goal.

His next four starts also ended in victories. Coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch suspected they had a franchise quarterback when they traded for him in October; they were certain of it when the season ended in December with wins over the Tennessee Titans, Jacksonville Jaguars and Los Angeles Rams, all playoff teams.

San Francisco could have placed the franchise tag, a one-year deal worth about $23.5 million, on Garoppolo.

The new deal exceeds that on a per-year basis but may not be tops in the league for long. Washington quarterback Kirk Cousins is poised to hit free agency next month while other established quarterbacks such as Atlanta’s Matt Ryan and Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers are poised for new contracts as well.

The 49ers were expected to have more than $100 million in salary-cap space for 2018 and it will be interesting to see how Garoppolo’s deal is structured. ESPN reported it was worth $90 million in the first three years, suggesting it was front-loaded to take advantage of the team’s salary-cap cushion.

Panthers: Carolina defensive end Julius Peppers had surgery on his right shoulder.

Carolina’s team website confirmed the surgery Thursday afternoon, but a team spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.

A source told the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer that Peppers’ surgery was a labrum repair.

Peppers, 37, returned to Charlotte in 2017 on a oneyear deal and tied for the team lead in sacks with 11.

Colts: Funeral services were set for Indianapolis linebacker Edwin Jackson, who was killed with his Uber driver when authorities say a drunken driver living illegally in the U.S. struck them along a highway.

Jackson’s funeral will be Monday at Big Bethel AME Church in his hometown of Atlanta. The 26-year-old Jackson’s family said the Colts and the NFL “have lost a young and rising star — one who truly loved the game of football, and played it with a passion.”

Jackson and 54-year-oldold Jeffrey Monroe of Avon, Indiana, were killed Sunday morning. Thursday’s Games

(At) Magic 100, Hawks 98: Evan Fournier scored 22 points and D.J. Augustin added 16 points and nine assists as Orlando won its third straight. Marreese Speights added 14 points and Jonathon Simmons had 13 for the Magic.

(At) Raptors 113, Knicks 88: Jonas Valanciunas had 18 points and 10 rebounds as Toronto routed New York, which played its first game since losing All-Star forward Kristaps Porzingis to a torn left ACL in Tuesday’s loss to Milwaukee. Celtics at Wizards: Late

Hornets at Trail Blazers: Late

Mavericks at Warriors: Late

Thunder at Lakers: Late

NBA notes

Celtics: Boston signed free-agent center Greg Monroe, who was waived last week by Phoenix. He is averaging 10.4 points and 7.4 rebounds.

Bulls: Point guard Kris Dunn is out of the NBA’s concussion protocol, though he will miss at least two more games. Dunn has missed the past eight games.

Warriors: Forward Draymond Green was fined $50,000 by the NBA on Thursday for directing inappropriate and offensive language toward an official during the Warriors’ 125-105 loss to Oklahoma City on Tuesday night.

Obituary: Former NBA coach Rick Adelman’s son was killed in an auto-pedestrian accident in Houston. Police said Richard “R.J.” Adelman, 44, was not using a crosswalk to cross the street when he was struck and killed Feb. 2. No charges were filed against the driver.

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