Dawn Staley isn't leaving South Carolina anytime soon. The university announced that the legendary women's basketball coach signed a contract extension

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.

South Carolina's Dawn Staley signed a contract extension Friday that makes her the highest-paid coach in women's college basketball history.

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

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.

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.

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See how freshman Joyce Edwards took over in the fourth quarter to help South Carolina women's basketball beat Alabama on the road for SEC win No. 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?

South Carolina coach was previously No. 3 behind LSU's Kim Mulkey and UConn's Geno Auriemma at $3.1 million/year.

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