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 an $800,000 raise from the $3.2 million she was making this season.

Dawn Staley will remain the head coach of the women’s basketball team at the University of South Carolina through the 2029-2030 season Read More:

Dawn Staley received a contract extension that South Carolina said will make her the highest paid college women's basketball coach of all time.

Staley, who has led the Gamecocks to three national championships, is now the highest-paid coach in women's basketball history after signing a $25.25 million deal.

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.

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.

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.

Everything coach Dawn Staley said during media on Friday about her historic new contract, what it means for South Carolina women's basketball.

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.

Staley has not been publicly connected to any WNBA head coaching jobs. In NBA history, no woman has ever served as a full-time head coach. Lisa Boyer, a current USC assistant coach, was the first woman to hold any sort of coaching position in the NBA, assisting the Cleveland Cavaliers from 2001-02.