Daniel Hurley is the head men's basketball coach for the UConn Huskies. He achieved significant success by leading UConn to consecutive NCAA Division I national championships in 2023 and 2024. Before UConn, Hurley held head coaching positions at Rhode Island and Wagner, demonstrating a proven track record in college basketball.
On January 16, 1973, Daniel S. Hurley was born. He would later become the head coach of the UConn Huskies.
In 1997, Dan Hurley married Andrea Sirakides, whom he met while they were both students at Seton Hall.
In July 1999, Dan Hurley's son, Danny, was born.
The 2017 and 2018 NCAA tournament appearances were the first for the University of Rhode Island since 1999.
In 2001, Dan Hurley became the head coach of Saint Benedict's Preparatory School.
On January 30, 2002, Dan Hurley's son, Andrew, was born.
In 2010, Dan Hurley became the head coach at Wagner College.
In 2010, Dan Hurley's tenure as head coach at Saint Benedict's Preparatory School ended. During his time, he built the school into a top basketball program.
Starting in 2010, Dan Hurley's brother, Bobby, served as one of his assistant coaches.
During the 2011 season, as head coach at Wagner College, Dan Hurley's team achieved a 25-6 record, setting a new single-season win-loss record for the school.
In 2012, Dan Hurley became the head coach at the University of Rhode Island.
In 2012, Dan Hurley's tenure as head coach at Wagner College ended.
In 2013, Bobby Hurley's time as Dan Hurley's assistant coach concluded.
2016 was the last time the UConn Huskies went to the NCAA tournament before Dan Hurley became head coach and returned them to the tournament in 2021.
In 2017, Dan Hurley led the University of Rhode Island team to the NCAA tournament.
On March 22, 2018, Dan Hurley was officially named the head coach of the UConn Huskies.
In 2018, Dan Hurley left his position at the University of Rhode Island to become the head coach of the University of Connecticut Huskies, declining a long-term offer from Rhode Island.
On September 6, 2019, Dan Hurley underwent surgery to replace two disks in his neck with artificial ones. He returned to work less than two weeks later.
In 2021, Dan Hurley led the UConn Huskies back to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2016.
In 2021, Dan Hurley's son, Danny, graduated from Seton Hall.
In 2022, Dan Hurley returned the Huskies to the NCAA tournament, losing in the first round.
In June 2023, Dan Hurley agreed to a six-year contract extension with UConn, worth $32.1M.
After his NCAA championship in 2023, Dan Hurley thanked Sister Catherine Waters, a psychologist he met at Seton Hall, who had changed his life.
In 2023, Dan Hurley led UConn to the NCAA Division I national championship.
In 2023, Dan Hurley's son Andrew was on his father's NCAA championship team.
In the 2023-24 season, Dan 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, a second-straight NCAA national championship, and was named the Naismith College Coach of the Year and received the Sporting News National Coach of the Year Award.
In June 2024 Dan Hurley interviewed with the Los Angeles Lakers, but declined their offer, choosing to return to UConn.
In July 2024, Dan Hurley signed a contract extension with UConn, worth $50M over six years.
In 2024, Dan Hurley led UConn to back-to-back NCAA Division I national championships.
In 2024, Dan Hurley's son Andrew was on his father's NCAA championship team.
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