Dan Hurley joins father and brother as accomplished coaches after rebuilding UConn’s program
Dan Hurley got choked up when asked about his dad on the eve of UConn’s Sweet 16 game.
That puts the Huskies in the Final Four for the first time since winning the 2014 national title and back on track to once again being an elite program.“I saw them in November and I just thought they were such a complete team there,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. “They’ve got great size. They have depth. Their bigs are different. So they bring different qualities.”His father, Bob, is one of the few high school coaches to be inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame, a demanding coach who led St.
Tasked with returning UConn to national prominence, Hurley gradually rebuilt the program, leading the Huskies to their first NCAA Tournament berth in five years in 2021. After the win over Gonzaga, Dan now has some bragging rights of his own and celebrated with hugs from his family after clinching a Final Four spot Saturday night along The Strip in Las Vegas.
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