UConn and coach Dan Hurley, who declined an offer from the Los Angeles Lakers in June, agreed to a new six-year, $50 million contract, the school announced Monday.
The deal runs through the 2029-30 season and includes performance-based incentives.
“It’s an honor to coach basketball at UConn and to represent this world-class institution and the great state of Connecticut,” Hurley said in a statement. “We are extremely proud of the championship program that we have rebuilt for our supporters and fans. We will continue to obsessively pursue championships and historic success, while continuing to develop great young men.”
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Hurley led the Huskies to back-to-back national championships in 2023 and 2024 after being hired in 2018. Under his leadership, UConn has reached four NCAA Tournaments and has a 141-58 record across six seasons.
In mid-June, Hurley declined a six-year, $70 million coaching contract offer from the Lakers that would have made him one of the NBA’s six highest-paid coaches. Instead, Hurley returned to UConn to pursue a third straight national championship — a feat that has only been accomplished once in NCAA men’s basketball history, when UCLA under John Wooden won seven consecutive titles from 1967 to 1973.
The Lakers went on to hire JJ Redick as coach.
With his new deal, Hurley will receive a base salary of $400,000 annually and additional compensation for speaking, consulting and media obligations that escalate each year through the contract term. The additional compensation begins at $6.375 million for the 2024-25 season. Hurley will also receive a retention bonus of $1 million per year.
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