But also in 2023, New Mexico State gave Moccia a five-year contract extension and a $72,000 raise to $351,000 a year in the first year of the new deal, which was scheduled to end in 2028.

NM State’s athletics program was turned on its head Thursday morning with the firing of former athletic director Mario Moccia ... watch the Aggies take down Sam Houston 75-71 in its conference ...