Dan Hurley is staying at UConn. The 51-year-old has turned down a head coaching offer from the Los Angeles Lakers, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Lakers offered Hurley a six-year, $70 million deal, according to Woj.
Hurley led UConn to back-to-back national championships in 2023 and 2024. He’s seeking to become the first men’s college basketball coach to three-peat since John Wooden at UCLA. Hurley has indicated that he’s eventually interested in jumping to the NBA, but apparently the chance to coach LeBron James on a $70 million deal wasn’t enough to land him.
We wrote that Hurley should reject the Lakers after their interest was initially reported.
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