Iona's Tim Cluess signs extension

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Updated: January 30, 2012, 5:32 PM ET

Associated Press

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Iona basketball coach Tim Cluess has signed a multiyear extension that will keep him under contract until 2017.

The deal, announced on Monday, started on New Year's Day and runs through June 30, 2017.

Cluess, who in April 2010 became Iona's 10th men's basketball head coach, went 25-12 in his first season with the Gaels.

Iona is 17-5 this season with a 9-2 mark in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

Cluess reached 40 wins at Iona in 56 games, making him the third fastest to reach that mark with the Gaels.

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