Dawn Staley, who made history as the first female Black head coach for South Carolina Gamecocks Women’s Basketball, is now the highest-paid Black coach in women’s college basketball after signing a 7-year contract worth $22.4 million.
As part of the contract, Staley’s base salary will be $1 million per year with outside compensation starting at $1.9 million on the first year, increasing by $100,000 each year after that. She is now one of the highest-paid women’s basketball coaches in the country, alongside well-known University of Connecticut Huskies coach Geno Auriemma.
Staley hopes this “recognition” could serve as an encouragement to basketball teams to invest in women’s basketball like how it is for the men’s counterpart.
