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.

Not only is Dawn Staley now the highest paid coach in women’s basketball, she negotiated something else that rivals Geno Auriemma and Kim Mulkey don’t have: a free path to the pros. The University of South Carolina announced a contract extension with Staley on Friday that will keep the three-time NCAA champion in Columbia through

South Carolina coach Dawn Staley received a contract extension on Friday that will make her the highest-paid college women's basketball coach of all time at a total value of about $25 million.

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,

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

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 basketball coach Dawn Staley received a lucrative contract extension and raise that has made her the top-earning women's coach in the country.

Dawn Staley is the highest-paid in women's sports after the Board of Trustees approved a contract extension for her.

Dawn Staley is a certified winner on the court. And now the South Carolina women’s basketball coach is in a league of her own off the court, too.

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