CLEMSON — The Compensation Committee, as part of Clemson University’s Board of Trustees, officially approved Friday a new contract for head women’s basketball coach Shawn Poppie and the contract for football’s new strength and conditioning coach, Dennis Love.

Clemson’s BOT is finishing up its Winter Quarterly Meetings at the Madren Conference Center in Clemson.

Poppie signed a deal that jumps his salary immediately to $800,000 this year. He was making $525,000. His raise will be added in on March 1.

As for Love, who is taking over for the retired Joey Batson, he will make $450,000 per year, as part of a two-year contract. He took over on Jan. 1 as football’s new strength and conditioning coach.

Love is the only Clemson football staff member from last year’s 7-6 team, currently, to receive new compensation. Of course, he was due to a raise after spending the last four seasons at Batson’s assistant.

Before returning to Clemson in 2022, Love was an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Auburn for the 2021 season after a four-year stint as the associate director of football strength & conditioning at Purdue from 2017-20.

He spent the 2015-16 seasons as an assistant strength & conditioning coach with the Denver Broncos, helping the franchise to victory in Super Bowl 50.

Love turned down an opportunity to head up the strength and conditioning program with the Minnesota Vikings last year, so that he could take over for Batson in January.

“It is really unprecedented,” Clemson head football coach Dabo Swinney said back in November. “There are only 32 of those jobs, and for him to stay here… It is really a dream job for him. Been around multiple places, the NFL, different schools, and he is one of the most respected guys out there. That is why he had the opportunity to go be one of 32 NFL guys.”

Love’s first stint at Clemson ran from 2004-14, including the final four as the director of Olympic sports strength & conditioning. During his time as director, he oversaw the strength and conditioning for 14 Olympic sports while serving as the head strength coach for the baseball, men’s soccer and women’s volleyball teams.

Poppie’s new contract will keep him at Clemson through 2031. The five-year deal, including the immediate $525,000 bump in this year’s salary, is worth $4.775 million in total, not including incentives.

“The profile and competitive success of the women’s basketball program under Coach Poppie’s direction continues to rise,” said Graham Neff, Clemson’s Director of Athletics in a press release. “What he and his staff have been able to do on the court, in the community and on the recruiting trail has been remarkable in terms of growth and engagement, and we’re excited to continue to see the program reach new heights with this renewed commitment.”

Poppie has become a fast riser in the women’s basketball world with what he has done with the women’s basketball program in less than two years at the helm. The Tigers are currently 16-8 overall and 7-5 in ACC play, already surpassing both win totals from the previous season.

Clemson is currently in line to make its second NCAA Tournament appearance since 2002.

“I’m incredibly grateful to Clemson University and Graham Neff for their Commitment to me, my staff and our entire Clemson women’s basketball program,” Poppie said in the same release. “We’re proud to represent the Paw and to make Clemson University proud in everything we do, both on the court and in the community. We’re thrilled to continue building something special here at Clemson.”

Poppie and the Tigers return home to host Boston College on Sunday at Littlejohn Coliseum. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m.