LSU and Kim Mulkey have agreed to a 10-year, $32 million extension that makes her the highest-paid women’s basketball coach in the country, according to multiple reports. Here’s what you need to know:
- The deal must be approved by LSU’s board of supervisors, which meets on Friday.
- Mulkey, 61, led the Tigers to their first NCAA title last season, her second with the program.
- Mulkey was previously set to earn $2.5 million per year through the 2028-29 season.
- Her new deal’s average annual value will surpass that of UConn’s Geno Auriemma, who earns about $3 million per year.
Backstory
Mulkey has won four national championships as a head coach, the first three coming with Baylor in 2005, 2012 and 2019. She is a three-time AP College Basketball Coach of the Year and an eight-time Big 12 Coach of the Year.
Mulkey boasts a 692-112 record (.861 winning percentage) over her 23-year head-coaching career. She is the fastest coach in women’s Division I basketball history to reach 600 career wins, needing just 700 games to hit the mark.
The Tigers head into the 2023-24 season with hopes of going back-to-back. LSU returns Angel Reese, Kateri Poole, Flau’jae Johnson, Sa’Myah Smith and Last-Tear Poa from its 2023 championship team and added former Louisville star Hailey Van Lith…
