Georgia State signs Perry to 3-year contract

ATLANTA - Michael Perry, who took over the Georgia State basketball team when Lefty Driesell resigned during the season, signed a 3-year contract with the school on Thursday. <br> <br> Perry had been an assistant at Georgia State for six years before taking over Jan. 3. He finished the season with a 10-9 record and reached the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament. <br> <br> ``We know that Michael Perry is the right person to continue to grow the basketball program at Georgia State,&#39;&#39; athletic director Greg Manning said. <br> <br> ``He knows what it takes to win on the court and what it takes to help the young men earn their college degrees off the court. He has recruited most of these players who have put Georgia State on the basketball map, and he has lofty goals to continue that growth.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Perry, 44, was an assistant for 10 years at Richmond, his alma mater, where he set a school-record for career points with 2,145.

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