LSU Makes Kim Mulkey The Highest Paid Women's Basketball Coach

Kim Mulkey, coming off LSU Women’s Basketball’s first National Championship reportedly received a big raise and contract extension on Tuesday.

Reed Darcy from The Advocate reported on Mulkey’s new contract

The new 10-year, $32 million deal is pending final approval from the LSU Board of Supervisors, which meets Friday.
Mulkey's previous contract was scheduled to pay her an average annual amount of $2.5 million until 2029.

Mulkey took over at LSU for the '21-'22 season after a decorated coaching career at Baylor, leading the Bears to 3 National Championships (2005, 2012, 2019). She’s also been AP National Coach of the Year 3 times (2012, 2019, 2022).

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As a player at Louisiana Tech, Mulkey won a pair of National Championships and took home the Gold Medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

The Daily Advertiser's Cory Diaz reports Mulkey wasn't the only one getting a raise.

Even assistant Coach Gary Redus Jr was having some fun with the news of Mulkey's new contract.

LSU Coach Kim Mulkey's Outfits

LSU's National Champion and Hall of Fame Women's Basketball Coach Kim Mulkey has some of the best style in the game. Here are some (not all) of the highlights. We even dug back for some "greatest hits" she had before she got to Baton Rouge.

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