ASU extends Molly Miller after successful 1st season

Arizona State announced the extension of women’s basketball head coach Molly Miller on Thursday.

“(It was an) unbelievable run her first year: 24 wins. We had been averaging nine wins a season in the past couple seasons,” ASU athletic director Graham Rossini told Arizona Sports’ Wolf and Luke on Thursday. “She comes in, (earns) 24 wins (and) gets us back to March Madness for the first time in seven seasons. 100% over a year-over-year increase in season tickets.

“A lot of excitement around that program as well.”

Ahead of an Arizona Board of Regents meeting Thursday, the university was requesting a year be added to Miller’s current contract, extending her through the 2030-31 season.

molly miller’s base salary will get up to $1 million by the final year of her newly revised contract, as proposed by asu ahead of today/tomorrow’s abor meeting.

would extend her contract one year through 2030-31. pic.twitter.com/LOV93oMXTA

— Damon Allred (@iamdamonallred) August 27, 2026

Miller’s contract now runs to April 30, 2031.

ASU is also requesting a pay bump for Miller beginning May 1, 2027, raising her annual salary from $800,000 to $850,000.

Her salary will increase across the remaining years of her contract, reaching as high as $1 million by 2030

A breakdown:

– 2028: $875,000
– 2029: $950,000
– 2030: $1 million

Those numbers do not include any bonuses for team success or coach of the year honors.

Why is ASU extending Molly Miller?

A one-year extension may look odd, especially with Miller a little more than a year removed from signing her initial five-year contract with the program. It was worth $4 million before incentives.

But given ABOR’s restriction of contracts going beyond five years and Miller’s impressive first season with the Sun Devils, amending her current deal was a given.

On top of winning 24 games and earning the program’s first NCAA Tournament berth since 2019, ASU women’s basketball also set season and single-game attendance records last year.

There was also a 100% increase in season ticket holders year over year, according to ASU’s request to the ABOR. Broadcast viewership bumped up 53%.

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