BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU and Kim Mulkey have agreed to a contract extension that will make her the highest-paid women's basketball coach in the country, according to our partners at The Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate.
The new deal is 10-years for $32 million. Our partners say it is pending final approval from the LSU Board of Supervisors.
Mulkey would start at $2.75 million a year and make $3.65 million by the final year of the contract.
If LSU were to fire Mulkey without cause, then the school would owe her a buyout of $2 million, according to the report.
61-year-old Mulkey coached the Tigers to the 2023 NCAA women's basketball title. They defeated Iowa 102-85 in April.
LSU's point total was the most ever scored in a championship game by a single team. The 187 combined total also shattered the previous mark. The game also drew a television audience of 9.9 million, a record for an NCAA women's title game.
The Tigers are one of the favorites to win next season. This offseason, they added the top-ranked player in the transfer portal, Hailey Van Lith. They will also have one of the top-rated recruited classes headlined by Louisiana native Mikaylah Williams.
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