Ever since becoming the South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team's head coach in 2008, Dawn Staley has turned the program into a dynasty that perennially competes for national titles. This is proven by the three National Championships (two of them coming in the past three NCAAW seasons) and five National Coach of the Year honors Staley has won while there.

On Friday, Jan. 17, the University of South Carolina Board of Trustees approved a contract extension for Staley that will go through the 2029-2030 season and make her the highest paid college women’s basketball coach in the history of the sport.

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Dawn Staley, a Philadelphia native has received an 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 has been given a new contract that made her the highest paid coach in the history of women's college basketball.

Dawn Staley became the highest paid NCAA women's basketball coach in history after signing a contract extension, moving her ahead of UConn's Geno Auriemma.

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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.