LSU women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey will receive a nice little perk from winning a national championship.
Mulkey and LSU have agreed to a 10-year, $32 million contract extension that will make her the highest-paid coach in women's basketball, according to. The deal is reportedly pending final approval from the LSU Board of Supervisors, which meets Friday.
UConn's Geno Auriemma was previously the high-water mark in the sport with an average annual value of $2.9 million, followed by South Carolina's Dawn StaleyThis new deal will see Mulkey's salary start $2.75 million and escalate up to $3.65 million in its final year of 2033. She was previously set to make an average of $2.5 million annually through 2029.
LSU did it with a team led by a plethora of transfers, most notably the tournament's Most Outstanding Player Angel Reese from Maryland. Also joining the Tigers that summer were Texas A&M transfer Alexis Morris, Missouri transfer LaDazhia Williams and West Virginia transfer Jasmine Carson, all of whom started at least 30 games for the champions.
Each of those transfers save Reese have since left for the WNBA, but Mulkey reloaded with another monster transfer class. Louisville star Hailey Van Lith
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