South Carolina's head women's basketball coach Dawn Staley signed a contract extension to stay with the team until 2030.
Dawn Staley became the highest-paid coach in women's college basketball history Friday. Here's why it matters for Lady Vols coach Kim Caldwell.
South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has been given a new contract that made her the highest paid coach in the history of women's college basketball.
Dawn Staley is now the highest-paid women’s basketball coach in the country. South Carolina’s Board of Trustees approved new contract extension for Staley on Friday that will pay her $4 million a season. Staley’s new annual salary marks raise from the $3.2 million she was making this season.
South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley celebrates after the Final Four college basketball championship game against Iowa in the women's NCAA Tournament, Sunday, April 7, 2024, in Cleveland. South Carolina won 87-75. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) AP
Not only is Dawn Staley now the highest paid coach in women’s basketball, she negotiated something else that rivals Geno Auriemma and Kim Mulkey don’t have: a free path to the pros. The University of South Carolina announced a contract extension with Staley on Friday that will keep the three-time NCAA champion in Columbia through
South Carolina's Dawn Staley signed a contract extension Friday that makes her the highest-paid coach in women's college basketball history.
South Carolina coach was previously No. 3 behind LSU's Kim Mulkey and UConn's Geno Auriemma at $3.1 million/year.
South Carolina's head women's basketball coach Dawn Staley signed a contract extension to stay with the team until 2030.
Coach Dawn Staley has received a contract extension that South Carolina said will make her the highest paid college women's basketball coach of all-time at a total value of about $25 million.
South Carolina coach Dawn Staley is officially the highest paid coach in the history of women's college basketball. Her five-year extension, approved on Friday by the school's board of trustees, will run through 2029-30 and has a value of approximately $25.