AUSTIN – Texas women's athletic director Chris Plonsky on Thursday issued a statement refuting Oklahoma president David Boren's claim that OU women's basketball coach Sherri Coale was offered the Texas job that went to Gail Goestenkors.

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Oklahoma women's basketball coach Sherri Coale received a significant raise this week.

"We're not sure what circumstances led to this inadvertent misunderstanding. I did not speak to Sherri Coale about our coaching position," Plonsky said in the statement. "The fact is, Gail Goestenkors is the only individual who was interviewed, who considered and who ultimately accepted our offer to become head coach of the University of Texas women's basketball team. We are proud she is our coach."

Goestenkors accepted a seven-year contract worth $1 million annually.

Boren announced several contract extensions and raises in the OU athletic department after a board of regents meeting Wednesday. When discussing a raise for Coale (from $550,000 to $800,000 annually), Boren said Coale had turned down Texas.

"They offered quite a bit more money than she was making, and she turned them down," Boren told The Associated Press. "When people do things like that voluntarily all the time for you, you shouldn't just take them for granted, because she could have gone to Texas for more money than even this contract."

When reached at her basketball camp Thursday, Coale declined to comment.

Staff Writer Brian Davis contributed to this report.