Dan Hurley

About

Daniel S. Hurley (born January 16, 1973) is an American men’s college basketball coach who is the head coach of the UConn Huskies. In 2023 and 2024, Hurley led UConn to back-to-back NCAA Division I national championships, and led the Huskies to another title game appearance in 2026. He previously coached at Rhode Island and Wagner.

Hurley was born to Hall of Fame high school coach Bob Hurley Sr. and Christine Hurley on January 16, 1973, in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he was raised with his siblings Bobby and Melissa. Bobby is a former Duke guard and the former head coach at Arizona State.
Hurley was a basketball star at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City where his father was the longtime coach. He led the team to a 31–1 record and a No. 2 national ranking as a senior.
He played five years of college basketball, including a redshirt year, at Seton Hall. He played under head coach P. J. Carlesimo during his first three seasons. In the 2025 ESPN documentary “The Other Hurley,” Hurley described how he had to step away from basketball at the beginning of his junior year in 1993, after playing in only two games, for mental health reasons. He stated that…