New Dawn Staley contract takes South Carolina coach over $4 million a year
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.
And she’ll receive an immediate one-time bonus of $500,000.
The new deal runs through April 15, 2030 and jumps to $5 million annually and $5.25 million in the 2028-29 and 2029-30 seasons, respectively.
The contract extension comes nine months after Staley led the Gamecocks to the program’s first undefeated season and a national championship win, the third title of her career. South Carolina is 457-107 during Staley’s 17 years seasons at the helm of the program and 126-4 in the last four seasons alone.
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