Almost double, in fact.
Her base plus “talent fee” amounts to $1.75 million her first year, bumping to $1.85 million in subsequent years to 2030. : She also collects a $737,500 signing bonus along with $135,000 for winning the national championship, plus additional perks for conference titles. The signing bonus alone is more than
many current WNBA coaches are paid annually.
Per Yahoo Sports:
Nate Tibbetts (Phoenix Mercury): ~$1.2 million annually.
Becky Hammon (Las Vegas Aces): ~$1 million annually, making history as the first WNBA coach to cross the seven-figure threshold.
Sandy Brondello (Toronto Tempo): ~$1 million annually, following a multi-year deal to lead the league's expansion team.
Lynne Roberts: ~$709,500
.Cheryl Reeve (Minnesota Lynx): ~$700,000 annually.
The much maligned Stephanie White: ~$500,000 annually.
Notwithstanding her windfall that dwarfs most WNBA contracts,
could Corrie also brazenly betray all her proclaimed Wooden Emulative Principles to run out on a very generous contract where the ink isn’t even dry yet, as well as betray her pledges to returning players and incoming recruits, especially Sienna Betts, who committed to Close on the premise of carving out
a special regime of her own at UCLA.
I’m sure Jason “Schticklock” within the seepage of his maga mad cow infested brain, took all of the foregoing into consideration in making this prognostication.
Of course, Jarmond, in his inifinite stupidity, did open the door a crack by agreeing Close would only pay a 25% buy-out if she left for the WNBA. WhyTF..
-Dick “I’ll Always Be A Bruin” Vermiel