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.

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

South Carolina's Dawn Staley signed a contract extension Friday that makes her the highest-paid coach in women's college basketball history.

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.

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.

Staley is signed through the 2029-30 season, earning $4 million a year to start with an annual $250,000 escalator.

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.

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

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.

Staley's extension comes with a starting annual salary of $4 million, dethroning LSU's Kim Mulkey for the richest contract in NCAA women's basketball.

South Carolina's head women's basketball coach Dawn Staley signed a contract extension to stay with the team until 2030.