Over the last seven years, the IU women’s basketball program has quickly transformed into a national powerhouse. Recently, the university made sure that for the next seven years (or more), that success will only continue.

Indiana University and Head Women’s Basketball Coach Teri Moren have agreed to a new contract that will run through the 2027 season, the school said last Thursday in a release. The new deal tacks on an additional four years to her prior contract, which ran through 2023.

Perhaps most notably, Moren’s renewed contract increases her annual average compensation to $862,500, making Indiana’s leader the highest paid women’s basketball coach in the Big Ten Conference. In addition, the contract includes an assortment of performance bonuses that can enhance the deal.

While he was only named Indiana’s Athletic Director last year, Scott Dolson has been around IU Athletics for more than three decades; in other words, he knows what talent looks like. With this in mind, it was an easy decision to extend Moren, Dolson knowing just how special the product now is for Indiana Women’s Basketball.

“Teri Moren is the architect of an unprecedented era of success for our women’s basketball program, and I’m excited that we have agreed to a new deal that ensures she will be here for many years to come,” Dolson said in the release. “With six straight 20-win seasons and this year’s run to the Elite Eight, Teri has built our program into one of the very best in the Big Ten.

“This new contract places her in the upper echelon among her conference peers, rewards those achievements, and recognizes the upward trajectory that we are on. In my more than 30 years with the department I’ve never been as excited about the future of IU Women’s Basketball, and that’s because we have the right person leading us in the right direction.”

In addition to the significant raise in base pay, which comes out to be roughly $200,000 per year, Moren’s renewed contract includes a wide array of potential bonuses related to Big Ten championships, NCAA Tournament or WNIT Tournament participation and victories, conference and/or national coach of the year accolades and team academic accomplishments.

“I would like to thank President McRobbie, Scott Dolson, Mattie White and Fred Glass for believing in our program and giving us the opportunity to build something truly special at Indiana,” Moren said in the release. “Along with my staff, we are dedicated to building successful young women on and off the court. I am truly blessed to be a part of the Hoosier Nation, who continue to show their love and gratitude for our team. We see you and appreciate you. As a lifelong Hoosier, I will continue to represent this incredible university with great pride and dedication.”

During her seven-year stint in Bloomington, Moren has put together a 148-80 overall record (.649) and led the team to the postseason five times, including three trips to the NCAA Tournament; this year was only the latest in a long line of records broken and program firsts. Indiana would have also made the 2020 NCAA Tournament if it had not been cancelled due to COVID-19.

Moren has won 20 or more games in each of the last six seasons, surpassing the 20-win seasons in the program’s first 41 years (four). She has established new program records for conference wins in each of the past two seasons, highlighted by year’s 16-2 Big Ten mark.

Moren’s teams have also been ranked nationally for 37 straight weeks dating back to last season, and entered the nation’s top 10 for the first time in program history earlier this season. Ranked No. 12 nationally entering the NCAA Tournament, Indiana earned the program’s highest-ever NCAA Tournament seed (No. 4) and ultimately earned the program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament Elite Eight appearance.