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

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.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) -Dawn Staley has made history once again but this time, it’s not on the court. Staley officially became the country’s highest-paid women’s basketball coach after the University of South Carolina’s (USC) Board of Trustees approved her contract extension that will go until the 2029-30 season.

Dawn Staley isn't leaving South Carolina anytime soon. The university announced that the legendary women's basketball coach signed a contract extension

South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley will receive another honor to her collection of accomplishments.

Dawn Staley is arguably college basketball's brightest mind. Now, she's being paid like it. The longtime South Carolina coach agreed to a five-year contract extension that will see her make more money than any women's college basketball coach in history,

Since arriving on campus back in 2008, head coach Dawn Staley fundamentally changed South Carolina's women's basketball program. Staley improved on her record in each of her first seven seasons at South Carolina,