Stay in college as the sport's top coach at its top program? Or take on the glitz of LeBron and the Lakers? A fascinating choice awaits Dan Hurley.
Twenty years ago, the hottest coach in all of college basketball interviewed with the Los Angeles Lakers and made a choice that reverberated through two levels of basketball.
Will Hurley, 51, leave UConn in the middle of his prime and forgo the chance to chase John Wooden as the next NCAA tournament three-peat winner? Dan Hurley is at the top of college basketball at UConn. Is he going to take the leap to the Lakers? What makes the decision for Hurley so compelling is that it's not an easy decision, as both sides have distinct pitfalls and payoffs.
And if there is some kind of breakaway of big-time football down the line, that's a whole other set of headaches. Ones that helped lead coaches Jay Wright, Roy Williams and Coach K to pick retirement over the collective migraines. Hurley's players will tell you -- and we've had consecutive Final Four runs of testimonials -- that he brings the innate ability to be so relentlessly focused on winning and developing his players that it can be all-consuming. They balance that, of course, by saying he loves them up off the court. And no one, obviously, is going to argue with recent results.
With a father, Bob, who is in the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach and a brother, Bobby, who was a first-round NBA draft pick, the psychology of Hurley has always been fascinating. The flame running hot is hereditary and unflinching.
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