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’ Burns & Gambo 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.

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— Damon Allred (@iamdamonallred) August 27, 2026

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

ASU also requested 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.

Rossini cited a 100% increase in season ticket holders year over year, while broadcast viewership bumped up 53%, according to ASU’s request to ABOR.

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