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It appeared to be a match made in heaven when the uber-successful Dan Hurley was up for the high-profile head coaching job with the Los Angeles Lakers.
For a team looking to hang another NBA championship banner from the rafters, it just made sense to bring in the hottest coaching prospect.
But something funny happened on the way to the perfect union – Hurley turned down the job and chose to remain with the Connecticut Huskies instead.
A job where he’s won back-to-back national championships.
Hurley told Jim Rome that the reason he decided to forego the plum Lakers offer was simple.
He explained, “One thing I do love about it is that I’ve got really, really strong control over whether I’m successful or not.”
“One thing I do love about it is that I’ve got really really strong control over whether I’m successful or not.” @dhurley15 on why he turned down the Lakers. pic.twitter.com/t3M4klgtkT
— Jim Rome (@jimrome) July 11, 2024
Being a college coach, Hurley said, affords a person the chance to be rewarded for the amount of work put in and not have the issues beyond their control that are so prominent at the professional level.
Now, he gets to choose the players, hire the staff and even fill out the schedule.
Hurley said such a major life decision involved other prominent factors, such as family and personal happiness, in terms of the lifestyle that comes along with the new position.
His UConn job, he explained, “couldn’t be better” for his family as his wife and children are in a great situation to be able to be near their husband and father.
Hurley added that his own father is getting up in age but is still able to attend all of UConn’s games and cheer on his very successful son.
Something that would be impossible if the family uprooted to the West Coast.
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