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

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.

The South Carolina women's basketball team was made to work on Thursday night.The second-ranked Gamecocks battled past the 19th-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide 76-5

Mike Morgan, who is a play-by-play man for the SEC Network for men's college basketball, ponders the question- how did South Carolina turn the ball over 25 times and still have a chance to win it 66-63 defeat at the buzzer to Vandy on the road?

Alabama was off the mark, going 5 of 18 in the first quarter. Poor shooting wasn’t the only reason for slow start. South Carolina was quicker in the paint offensively, scoring easy layups. On the other end, the Gamecocks locked down the Crimson Tide, forcing tough shots and not allowing second-chance points.

South Carolina, Dawn Staley return home to host Oklahoma on Sunday. Here's our score prediction and scouting report for the top 15 matchup.

Coach Dawn Staley received a contract extension on Friday 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. Staley is signed through the 2029-30 season,

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.

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Dawn Staley received a $25 million extension that South Carolina said will make her the highest paid women's college basketball coach of all-time.