Dan Hurley

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Dan Hurley
Dan Hurley portrait.jpg
Hurley in March 2023
Current position
Title Head coach
Team UConn
Conference Big East
Record141–58 (.709)
Biographical details
Born (1973-01-16) January 16, 1973 (age 51)
Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Playing career
1991–1996 Seton Hall
Position(s) Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1997 St. Anthony HS (assistant)
1997–2001 Rutgers (assistant)
2001–2010 St. Benedict's Prep
2010–2012 Wagner
2012–2018 Rhode Island
2018–present UConn
Head coaching record
Overall292–163 (.642)
Tournaments14–4 (NCAA Division I)
1–1 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2x NCAA Division I Tournament (2023, 2024)
2x NCAA Division I Regional –Final Four (2023, 2024)
A-10 tournament (2017)
A-10 regular season (2018)
Big East regular season (2024)
Big East tournament (2024)
Awards
Naismith Coach of the Year (2024)
Sporting News National Coach of the Year (2024)
A-10 Coach of the Year (2018)
Big East Coach of the Year (2024)

Daniel S. Hurley (born January 16, 1973) is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the UConn Huskies men's team at the University of Connecticut. [1] In 2023 and 2024, Hurley led UConn to back-to-back NCAA Division I national championships. [2] [3] He previously coached at Rhode Island and Wagner.

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Early life and education

Hurley was born to Hall of Fame high school coach Bob Hurley Sr. and Christine Hurley on January 16, 1973, in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he was raised with his siblings Bobby and Melissa. [4] [5] His brother, Bobby, is a former Duke and Sacramento Kings guard and the current head coach at Arizona State University. [5]

Hurley was a basketball star at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, where his father was the longtime coach. He led the team to a 31–1 record and a No. 2 national ranking as a senior. [6]

He played five years of college basketball, including a redshirt year, at Seton Hall. During his first three seasons, his head coach was P. J. Carlesimo. [5]

During his years at Seton Hall, Hurley met psychologist Sister Catherine Waters, who changed his life. [7] He often talks with and thanks Sr. Catherine, even after his NCAA championship in 2023. [8]

Career

Hurley was head coach of Saint Benedict's Preparatory School (2001–2010), where he is credited with building the New Jersey school into one of the top high school basketball programs in America. [9]

He was the head coach at Wagner College for two years (2010–2012), where he set the school single-season win-loss record at 25–6 during the 2011–2012 season. [10]

He was then head coach at the University of Rhode Island for six years (2012–2018), bringing the team to the 2017 and 2018 NCAA tournaments, the first times since 1999. Hurley turned down a long-term offer from Rhode Island in order to lead the University of Connecticut Huskies. [11]

Hurley during a 2023 departure ceremony for the NCAA Final Four Dan Hurley, UConn Huskies men's basketball head coach.jpg
Hurley during a 2023 departure ceremony for the NCAA Final Four

From 2010 to 2013, his brother Bobby was one of his assistant coaches at both Rhode Island and Wagner. [12]

He was named head coach of UConn on March 22, 2018. In 2021, he returned the Huskies to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2016, then again in 2022, losing in the first round both times. He won the NCAA championship with the Huskies in 2023. [13] In June 2023, he agreed to a six-year contract extension with UConn worth $32.1M. [14]

In the 2023–24 season, Hurley led the Huskies to a school-record 37 wins, a Big East regular season title, a Big East tournament championship, a #1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history, and a second-straight NCAA national championship. [15] [16] [17] [18] He was named the Naismith College Coach of the Year and received the Sporting News National Coach of the Year Award. [19] [20]

Personal life

Hurley married Andrea Sirikides in 1997. They met while they were both students at Seton Hall. They have two sons: Danny (born July, 1999) and Andrew (born January 30, 2002). Danny graduated from Seton Hall in 2021. Andrew attends the University of Connecticut, where he was on his father's 2023 and 2024 NCAA championship teams. [21] [22]

On September 6, 2019, Hurley had surgery to replace two disks in his neck with artificial ones. Doctors told Hurley the condition was part hereditary and part the result of years of wear and tear associated with being a life-long athlete. He returned to work less than two weeks after surgery. [23]

Hurley is a practicing Catholic. [24]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Wagner Seahawks (Northeast Conference)(2010–2012)
2010–11 Wagner 13–179–96th
2011–12 Wagner 25–615–32nd
Wagner:38–23 (.623)24–12 (.667)
Rhode Island Rams (Atlantic 10 Conference)(2012–2018)
2012–13 Rhode Island 8–213–13T–14th
2013–14 Rhode Island 14–185–1110th
2014–15 Rhode Island 23–1013–5T–2nd NIT Second Round
2015–16 Rhode Island 17–159–97th
2016–17 Rhode Island 25–1013–5T–3rd NCAA Division I Round of 32
2017–18 Rhode Island 26–815–31st NCAA Division I Round of 32
Rhode Island:113–82 (.579)58–46 (.558)
UConn Huskies (American Athletic Conference)(2018–2020)
2018–19 UConn 16–176–12T–9th
2019–20 UConn 19–1210–85th
UConn Huskies (Big East Conference)(2020–present)
2020–21 UConn 15–811–63rd NCAA Division I Round of 64
2021–22 UConn 23–1013–63rd NCAA Division I Round of 64
2022–23 UConn 31–813–7T–4th NCAA Division I Champion
2023–24 UConn 37–318–21st NCAA Division I Champion
UConn:141–58 (.709)71–41 (.634)
Total:292–163 (.642)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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