Dan Hurley is staying put.
The UConn males’s basketball coach has reportedly turned down a profitable deal to develop into the Los Angeles Lakers’ new head coach with the hopes of chasing a third-straight nationwide championship with the Huskies, a feat solely ever achieved by the UCLA Bruins within the 1960’s and once more within the early 1970’s.
Head coach Dan Hurley of the Connecticut Huskies seems to be on throughout the trophy ceremony after the sport in opposition to the Marquette Golden Eagles throughout the Big East Basketball Tournament Final at Madison Square Garden on March 16, 2024 in New York City. The Huskies gained 73-57. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
ESPN first reported the information, noting that the six-year, $70 million deal the Lakers placed on the desk apparently wasn’t sufficient to lure Hurley away from UConn.
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Los Angeles’ pursuit of Hurley appeared to be going properly with the long-time basketball coach making the journey west to California on Friday to fulfill with Lakers’ brass.
But in keeping with ESPN’s report, UConn made a proposal to Hurley that might make him one of many highest-paid NCAA coaches.
The Lakers must resume their search to discover a alternative for Darvin Ham, who was fired after his second season with the group which resulted in Los Angeles’ first spherical playoff loss this 12 months.
LeBron James #23 and Head Coach Darvin Ham of the Los Angeles Lakers speak throughout the sport in opposition to the Philadelphia 76ers on November 27, 2023 on the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE through Getty Images))
LAKERS MADE ‘COMPELLING CASE’ TO TAKE HEAD COACH JOB, DAN HURLEY SAYS
Hurley, 51, led UConn to back-to-back nationwide championships again in April, turning into the primary coach to take action since Billy Donovan did it with Florida in 2007. And the Huskies did so in a dominant method as properly, turning into simply the sixth group in NCAA historical past to win all six event video games by double-digits.
Almost as quickly as Hurley reduce the web, hypothesis a few potential new job opened up.
But for Hurley, a transfer didn’t appear doubtless.
UConn head coach Dan Hurley celebrates slicing the web after their win in opposition to Purdue within the NCAA faculty Final Four championship basketball sport, Monday, April 8, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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“I can’t afford a divorce proper now,” Hurley instructed reporters laughing. “I simply began making some cash.”
He signed a six-year, $32.1 million contract final summer time, and CT Insider reported in April one other contract was being mentioned.
With the NBA out of the image now, the objective for Hurley appears clear: pull off a three-peat. Easy sufficient.
Fox News’ Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.
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