{"id":14040,"date":"2024-06-11T08:55:59","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T08:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=14040"},"modified":"2024-06-11T09:26:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T09:26:45","slug":"uconn-huskies-coach-dan-hurley-says-no-to-70-million-la-lakers-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/uconn-huskies-coach-dan-hurley-says-no-to-70-million-la-lakers-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Coach Dan Hurley Says No to $70m LA Lakers Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/dan-hurley.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Hurley\" title=\"UConn Coach Dan Hurley Says No to $70m LA Lakers Contract\" width=\"280\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14041\" \/><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UConn&#8217;s Dan Hurley has debunked rumors that he would move on to coach the LA Lakers. <\/li>\n<li>Hurley allegedly turned down a six-year, $70 million contract, according to ESPN.<\/li>\n<li>The head coach said he would remain at the University of Connecticut.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Recently, a series of reports claimed University of Connecticut men\u2019s basketball head coach <strong>Dan Hurley<\/strong> was considering making the switch to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/basketball\/nba\">NBA<\/a>\u2019s Los Angeles Lakers for the same position. <\/p>\n<p>However, it would seem that the reigning back-to-back NCAA champion Huskies decided to maintain his position at UConn and enjoy the opportunity to help the team win its third straight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/basketball\/college\">NCAA championship<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<h2>Six-Year Contract for $70 Million, Turned Down<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>LA Lakers apparently made a generous offer for $70 million as part of a contract that would have expanded over six years<\/strong>, according to ESPN. <\/p>\n<p>In a statement that he emailed to CNN on Monday, Hurley said he was \u201c<em>humbled<\/em>\u201d by the experience, adding that he was \u201c<em>extremely proud of the championship culture<\/em>\u201d that they have built at <a href=\"https:\/\/uconnhuskies.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\">UConn<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>During a pre-workout meeting, the team and the head coach established their goal for the summer would be to get better and connect as a team while continuing to pursue championships.<\/p>\n<p>Hurley\u2019s decision to stay at UConn also came from a desire to assist UConn with becoming the first men\u2019s program to win three straight NCAA championships since UCLA\u2019s seventh straight title feat in 1973.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zJpXWwp5hNM?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cThrilled\u201d Hurley Decided to Stay at UConn<\/h2>\n<p>UConn\u2019s athletic director, <strong>David Benedict<\/strong>, took the opportunity to express their thrill for Hurley\u2019s decision to stay at UConn and keep building upon their \u201c<em>championship tradition<\/em>\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Benedict praised the head coach\u2019s work in helping their men\u2019s basketball program make a comeback to \u201c<em>the pinnacle of the sport, including back-to-back NCAA Championships<\/em>\u201d while expressing gratitude for his loyalty. <\/p>\n<p>The athletic director also took the chance to say they were looking forward to Hurley\u2019s \u201c<em>continued leadership on and off the court at UConn<\/em>\u201d while also mentioning their three-peat plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>He will continue to bring great pride to Husky fans everywhere<\/em>\u201d, he added.  <\/p>\n<p>Prior to reaching UConn, Hurley coached Wagner College in Staten Island, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/us\/states\/new-york\">New York<\/a>, as well as the University of Rhode Island. The head coach with a <em>141-58<\/em> record in six seasons has never coached in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>His <strong>current contract with UConn would require him to pay a $1.875 million fee to leave for an NBA job<\/strong>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: UConn&#8217;s Dan Hurley has debunked rumors that he would move on to coach the LA Lakers. Hurley allegedly turned down a six-year, $70 million contract, according to ESPN. The head coach said he would remain at the University of Connecticut. Recently, a series of reports claimed University of Connecticut men\u2019s basketball head coach Dan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","category-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UConn Coach Dan Hurley Says No to $70m LA Lakers Contract<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"University of Connecticut men\u2019s basketball coach, Dan Hurley, has allegedly turned down a $70 million LA Lakers contract, according to ESPN.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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