Kim Mulkey, the head coach of defending national champion LSU, has agreed to a 10-year contract worth $32 million that will set a new mark for the richest coaching contract in women’s college basketball, according to multiple reports.
Contract details, first reported by The Advocate of Baton Rouge, have not been made public, and the deal also still needs approval from the LSU Board of Supervisors, which is scheduled to meet and vote Friday.
The Hall of Fame coach has been at LSU for two seasons, during which she has taken a program that missed the NCAA Tournament three seasons ago and elevated it to the pinnacle of its sport.
It was her fourth national title as a head coach — the first three coming at Baylor, where she coached from 2000 to 2021. Her record at LSU in two seasons combined is 50-8, with NCAA Tournament appearances both years.
Mulkey has won 692 games over her coaching career, holding the fourth-best winning percentage (.861) among women’s college basketball coaches who have won at least 600 games. She’s also won the AP Coach of the Year award three times in her career, helping her get inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020.
