- The jacket is partly made of calfskin and is sold for higher prices on third-party sites
- Staley is a two-time NCAA champion as head coach of the South Carolina Gamecock
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South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley was spotted wearing a $5,370 Louis Vuitton jacket during her team’s national championship game against Iowa.
This is evident from an X-post from Front office sports. The outlet claims Staley – a two-time NCAA champion (2017, 2022) as head coach of the Gamecocks – is wearing a “Graphic Accent Silver Calfskin Jacket” made by the French luxury brand.
The jacket retails online for $7,964 buyma.us.
Staley was also seen in white Louis Vuitton shoes prior to the start of Sunday’s title game in Cleveland, Ohio.
According to the brand’s website all ‘trainers’ are for sale for a minimum starting price of $1,220.
South Carolina’s Dawn Staley wore a Louis Vuitton jacket during Sunday’s title game against Iowa
The jacket, made partly from calfskin, retails for a whopping $7,964 on a third-party site
Staley also wore Louis Vuitton shoes on the red carpet ahead of this weekend’s title match in Ohio
Before this weekend’s title game, Staley, who never made it out of March Madness as a player despite reaching the Final Four three times with Virginia between 1989 and 1992, warned Iowa star Caitlin Clark that the only way she could leave her legacy on the can secure a women’s university. basketball is about winning a championship.
When asked about the significance of winning Sunday’s game against her undefeated team (37-0) for the all-time NCAA leading scorer in men’s and women’s hoops, Staley said, “I was really good in college, I never won a championship. You have to win a championship. That’s me personally. I’ve had a great career.
“But it’s always: Did you win a championship?”
Staley also stirred controversy before the national championship game by claiming that transgender athletes “should be able to play” in women’s college hoops.
Staley, speaking a day after South Carolina defeated rival NC State in the Final Four last week, said anyone who considers themselves a woman should be free to play.
“I believe that if you are a woman, you should play,” she said. ‘If you consider yourself a woman and want to exercise, or vice versa, then you should be able to exercise.’