on april 8, 2010, stevens signed a long-term deal with butler, extending his contract through the 2021–22 season. financial terms of the contract were not disclosed; however, butler president bobby fong had publicly stated that the university could afford to increase stevens' base salary to approximately us $1,000,000 a few days prior. stevens had previously made us$395,000 plus benefits in base salary, a relatively low figure for a successful division i head basketball coach. his total compensation for 2009–10 was estimated at us$750,000. stevens had received a raise after each of his three seasons at butler and his contract contains a buyout clause estimated in the high six or low seven figures.