South Carolina’s Dawn Staley is women’s basketball’s highest-paid coach

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Dawn Staley, the head coach of South Carolina's women's basketball team, is the highest-paid coach in women's college basketball, with a compensation package of $4.25 million for the 2025-26 season. Staley has led the Gamecocks to three national championships and eight Final Four appearances since being hired in 2008.
Dawn Staley is the highest-paid coach in women's college basketball. Her compensation package for the 2025-26 season is $4.25 million. Staley has led South Carolina to three national championships and eight Final Four appearances since 2008. She has also won 10 regular season SEC titles and is a seven-time SEC Coach of the Year. Staley's annual pay will increase by $250,000 each year through 2030. She is paid more than many prominent men's coaches, including some in the SEC.
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