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 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.

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.

Dawn Staley received a contract extension that South Carolina said will make her the highest paid college women's basketball coach of all time.

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

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

South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley signs a contract extension, making her the sport's highest coach. She will make $4 million a year

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

The University of South Carolina’s Board of Trustees approved a contract extension for women’s basketball head coach Dawn Staley on Friday. We've now learned the name of the man who passed away in a house fire early this morning.