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Kim Mulkey signs contract extension, becomes highest-paid … – The Reveille, LSU's student newspaper
LSU women’s basketball head coach Kim Mulkey shouts on Friday, March 31, 2023, during LSU’s 79-72 victory over Virginia Tech in the NCAA Final Four in the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
LSU women’s basketball head coach Kim Mulkey shouts on Friday, March 31, 2023, during LSU’s 79-72 victory over Virginia Tech in the NCAA Final Four in the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Kim Mulkey and LSU have come to a contract extension agreement of $36 million deal over 10 years, making her the highest-paid women’s basketball coach in the country. She now has the largest contract ever signed by a women’s college basketball coach.
The deal has been awaited but is now finalized after an LSU Board of Supervisors meeting Friday.
Along with the records broken in the women’s college basketball world, Mulkey is now the second highest-paid coach at LSU behind Brian Kelly.
Mulkey, who is from Tangipahoa Parish, is the only woman in college athletics to win national titles as a player, assistant coach and head coach. On Sept. 20, Louisiana Tech, her alma mater, will unveil a statue of Mulkey.
Mulkey came to LSU from Baylor in April of 2021 after winning them three national championships. Her fourth national title came this past season at LSU, which was only her second season in Baton Rouge.
She is also a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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