Dan Hurley won’t go to the NBA in any case. The UConn coach declined a six-year, $70 million contract supply from the Los Angeles Lakers to turn into the staff’s subsequent head coach, staff and league sources confirmed Monday.
Los Angeles would have made Hurley one of many NBA’s six highest-paid coaches, per ESPN.
The 51-year-old Hurley emerged as a number one candidate final week, when information broke he and the Lakers had been in touch about Los Angeles’ head-coaching emptiness. Lakers management met Friday with Hurley, who cemented his standing as the highest lively coach in school basketball after guiding UConn to back-to-back nationwide championships in 2023 and 2024.
The Lakers — coming off a first-round playoff exit — have been searching for their coach for the reason that staff fired Darvin Ham on Might 3 after two seasons. The place L.A. goes subsequent is unclear. JJ Redick, the ESPN analyst and former participant, was beforehand seen because the front-runner by many within the NBA and Lakers group, and James Borrego, the New Orleans Pelicans’ affiliate coach who has maintained a robust relationship with All-NBA large man Anthony Davis, has additionally been into account.
The rent is pivotal as Los Angeles hopes to retain star LeBron James, who should determine whether or not to train his $51.4 million participant choice for the 2024-25 season by June 29.
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Hurley’s resolution is a triumph for UConn, which is poised to be a preseason top-10 staff and a contender to win its third consecutive nationwide championship. Hurley, who signed a six-year, $32.1 million contract with UConn in 2023, had a closely lowered buyout for if he left for an NBA head-coaching job — $1.875 million, versus a $7.5 million buyout if he left for a university head-coaching job.
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