sentences:  At age 33 in December 1975, Fertig was named the head coach at Oregon State University in Corvallis, with a three-year contract at $26,000 per year.He followed Dee Andros, who stepped down after eleven seasons and became OSU's athletic director.Fertig was fired during his fourth season in October 1979, in the second year of a three-year contract at $33,696 per year.