On May 7, 2008, it was confirmed by Temple University that Staley would leave Temple for the recently vacated coaching position at the University of South Carolina. She left Temple with the best overall record of 172–80, along with six NCAA appearances and four Atlantic 10 titles.

She is the only Gamecock basketball coach – men’s or women’s – to amass 300 victories at South Carolina and became the fastest coach to 200 wins in program history, needing just 277 games at South Carolina to reach the plateau.

Jan 17, 2025 · COLUMBIA, S.C. – The University of South Carolina Board of Trustees approved today a contract extension for women’s basketball head coach Dawn Staley that will go through the 2029-30 season and make her the highest paid college women’s basketball coach in the history of the sport. “Dawn Staley is a once-in-a-generation coach who has made a tremendous impact on the University of South ...

Jan 17, 2025 · Coach Dawn Staley has received a contract extension that South Carolina said will make her the highest paid college women’s basketball coach of all-time at a total value of about $25 million.

Jan 17, 2025 · South Carolina’s Board of Trustees approved a 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. ...

May 10, 2024 · South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley had a lot to celebrate on her 54th birthday May 4. In nearly 25 years of coaching collegiate basketball Staley has earned three national titles in seven years and catapulted the Gamecocks from a middle-of-the-pack SEC team to a national powerhouse program for women’s basketball.

Jan 5, 2023 · Basketball-wise, Dawn Staley has done it all. As a player, she won MVP trophies and gold medals. As a coach, she has won national titles, coach of the year honors and more gold medals.

Jan 17, 2025 · University of South Carolina head women's basketball coach Dawn Staley just became the highest-paid coach in women's college basketball after she signed an extension to stay with the team.

Apr 7, 2024 · At the helm of the Gamecocks over the last 16 seasons, Staley has been named National Coach of the Year five times (2014, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024) with her 2020 unanimous selection making her the first former Naismith Player of …

Jan 17, 2025 · "Dawn Staley is a once-in-a-generation coach who has made a tremendous impact on the University of South Carolina,” Gamecocks athletic director Jeremiah Donati said in a statement. “She has ...