I had not heard about this until dinner tonight. Very interesting! According to the salary chart below, however, Kevin Dempsey did make in the upper 50s:
WOMEN
$98,525 - Shelley Smith, South Carolina
$75,750 - Hershey Strosberg, Clemson
$58,085 - Tammy DeCesare, Coastal Carolina
$57,191 - Kevin Dempsey, Charleston
$50,500 - Glad Bugariu, S.C. State
$50,000 - Spencer Smith, Winthrop
$47,303 - Bob Winch, The Citadel
$47,142 - Renee Lopez, USC Upstate
$43,436 - Chris Ayer, Lander
$40,800 - Joel Person, Francis Marion