Quote Originally Posted by bruinbison View Post
A four or five year contract is common. You want a new coach to be able to tell recruits they will be at the university the entire time the recruit will be. I would be surprised if Lindsay Whalen asked for less than that. Plus, Whalen already missed most of this recruiting season, so the 2018-2019 recruiting season will be her first. Minnesota did sign 3 or 4 incoming freshman under the previous coach, so at least the Gopher bench will not be lacking in numbers.
Lindsay Whalen did get a 5 year contract, according to the Pioneer Press.
Interestingly she starts at 250,000 while still playing for the Lynx this season, then goes up roughly 36,000 each following season, ending at 547,000, to average 400,000. Previous Coach Stallings made approx 500,000/ year.

It’s quite a pay boost from the WNBA (not counting endorsements).