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.

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 coach Dawn Staley received a contract extension on Friday that will make her the highest-paid college women's basketball coach of all time at a total value of about $25 million.

As Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier begin the first season of Unrivaled, investors Geno Auriemma and Paige Bueckers will be watching proudly back at UConn.

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.

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 was previously No. 3 behind LSU's Kim Mulkey and UConn's Geno Auriemma at $3.1 million/year.

Dawn Staley is a certified winner on the court. And now the South Carolina women’s basketball coach is in a league of her own off the court, too.

Dawn Staley is now the highest-paid women’s basketball coach in the country. South Carolina’s Board of Trustees approved a new contract extension for Staley on Friday that will pay her $4 million a season.

Unrivaled, a league co-founded by women’s hoops stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, will feature six teams in its first season playing games in a 3 vs. 3 format. Former Gamecock superstars Aliyah Boston and Allisha Gray are among the 36 players in the league’s inaugural year.

Unrivaled is setting a new standard for women’s basketball before one game has been played in the upstart league. In a word: Salaries. The 3-on-3 league by Olympic gold medalists […]