Dan Hurley
Dan Hurley (born January 16, 1973)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Connecticut Huskies
Current conference: Big East Conference
Wagner record: 38-23 (.623)
Rhode Island record: 113-82 (.579)
Connecticut record: 141-58 (.709)
Overall record: 292-163 (.642)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 2 (2023, 2024)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 6 (2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 2 (2023, 2024)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 2 (2023, 2024)
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2015)
- Big East Regular Season Champion: 1 (2024)
- Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champion: 1 (2018)
- Big East Tournament Champion: 1 (2024)
- Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion: 1 (2017)
Awards:
- Naismith Coach of the Year: 1 (2024)
- Sporting News Coach of the Year: 1 (2024)
- Big East Coach of the Year: 1 (2024)
- Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year: 1 (2018)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2018-present | Connecticut |
| 2012-2018 | Rhode Island |
| 2010-2012 | Wagner |
| 1997-2001 | Rutgers (asst) |
Dan Hurley Facts
- Daniel S. Hurley
- Born January 16, 1973
- Hometown: Jersey City, New Jersey
- Alma Mater: Seton Hall University (1996)
- Father is Hall of Fame coach Bob Hurley, who has led the St. Anthony HS program in Jersey City since 1972
- His older brother Bobby Hurley is the head coach at Arizona State, previously at Buffalo
- Played for his father at St. Anthony and in 1989, with Bobby as a teammate, won a National Championship
- Played at Seton Hall from 1991-96, under head coaches P. J. Carlesimo and George Blaney
- Was an assistant coach for his father at St. Anthony during the 1996-97 season; then spent four seasons as an assistant at Rutgers under head coach Kevin Bannon
- Compiled a 223-21 overall record in nine seasons (2001-2010) as the head coach at St. Benedict’s Prep (NJ)
- After a two-year stint as Wagner head coach, Hurley was hired in 2012 to be the new head coach at Rhode Island
- Led the Rams to the 2015 NIT in his third year and the 2017 NCAA Tournament in his fifth, during which they upset 6-seed Creighton in the first round before losing to 3-seed Oregon
- Won the A-10 title in 2018, leading to an at-large NCAA bid and earning Hurley conference COY honors
- Hired in March 2018 to be the head coach at Connecticut; is 97-54 through his first five seasons with the Huskies
- Reached the 2021 NCAA Tournament as an at-large, getting UConn to the Big Dance for the first time since 2016
- In 2022-23, the Huskies were ranked as high as #2 and went on to win the NCAA National Championship
- Led the 2023-24 team to their first Big East title since 2006 (first outright title since 1999) and first Big East Tournament crown since 2011; Hurley won Big East COY and Naismith COY and the Huskies became back-to-back National Champions as the #1 overall seed
- During the 2024 offseason, Hurley turned out overtures from both Kentucky and the Los Angeles Lakers to remain in Storrs
Dan Hurley Coaching Tree
- David Cox (Rhode Island)
- Steve Enright (Bridgewater)
- Bobby Hurley (Arizona State, Buffalo)
- Bashir Mason (Saint Peter’s, Wagner)