First contract details known for Winston Gandy at USC, plus extensions for Boyer, Law

The South Carolina women’s basketball program made a few coaching staff moves during the offseason, adding two new assistants and extending the contracts of two others.

Associate head coach Lisa Boyer and assistant coach Jolette Law both received another year on their contracts. Meanwhile, USC hired Winston Gandy and Khadijah Sessions as new assistant coaches.

Boyer’s base salary of $400,000 and Law’s of $295,000 remained, though both are now both under contract through March 31 of 2024, The State learned through open records requests.

Boyer has been with the Gamecocks since head coach Dawn Staley joined the program in 2008 after working with her at Temple from 2002-2008. Boyer was named associate head coach in 2010. Law came to South Carolina in 2017.

The Gamecocks will pay Gandy a base salary of $250,000 per year, The State learned through an open records request. The contract runs through March 31, 2024.

Contract details were not yet available for Sessions.

South Carolina hired Gandy in April. He replaced Fred Chmiel, who became Bowling Green State University’s head coach of women’s basketball. Chmiel made $300,000 in his last season with the Gamecocks, up from $255,737 annually in his 2021-22 contract.

Prior to his hiring at USC, Gandy served as director of recruiting operations at Maryland (2013-14), coordinator of player development with the NBA’s Washington Wizards (2014-17), assistant then associate head coach at Rice (2017-20) and assistant then associate head coach at Duke (2020-23).

“I think here is a special place,” Gandy told The State. “Dawn’s done a heck of a job, and I think she’s one of if not the best in the business.

“She’s got a tremendous staff here. There’s not a lot of turnover, and so I know how important culture, fit, values, that stuff is because you can’t build what she’s built without those foundational principles.”

Gandy’s contract includes performance-based incentives as well.

If the Gamecocks make the NCAA Tournament, Gandy will be awarded the equivalent of one month base salary. If they advance to the Final Four, he will receive another bonus equivalent to one month base salary.

If Gandy were to leave USC before his contract expired, he would owe the university $40,000. That fee would be waived if Gandy left South Carolina to accept a position as the head coach of another collegiate women’s basketball team.