LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey has been making as many headlines as her team as March Madness began earlier this week, and there’s potentially trouble on the horizon for the four-time national champion head coach.
Mulkey led the LSU Tigers to the 2023 national title in her third season with the team. Mulkey previously won three championships at Baylor, in 2005, 2012 and 2019.
On Friday, veteran college basketball journalist Pat Forde tweeted that the Washington Post was on the verge of releasing a “big story” on Mulkey. On Saturday, Mulkey delivered a scathing address to the media and threatened a lawsuit against Washington Post.
Mulkey said that Washington Post reporter Kent Babb contacted and tried to “trick” former coaches who had worked under Mulkey as well as former players, into saying “negative things” about her.
With the story hanging over the LSU program, will the school take action? The university has made a major investment in Mulkey since her arrival, making her the highest paid women’s basketball head coach in the country
Kim Mulkey’s salary at LSU
According to reporting from USA TODAY’s Lindsay Schnell and Steve Berkowitz, Mulkey’s salary for the 2023-24 season is $3.26 million.
Mulkey has a buyout of $2,000,000 as of April 1st, 2024.
UConn legend Geno Auriemma and South Carolina’s Dawn Staley both trail Mulkey with compensation of $3.1 million. The trio are the only women’s college basketball coaches with pay over $3 million.
You can see the entire USA TODAY Sports list of women’s basketball head coach salaries here.
