UConn’s Dan Hurley cashes in on nationwide title with a brand new 6-year, $31.5M contract

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn males’s basketball coach Dan Hurley has cashed in on the Huskies nationwide championship, agreeing to a brand new six-year, $31.5 million contract, the varsity introduced Thursday.

The deal, which runs by means of 2029, pays Hurley a mean of $5.25 million per season and consists of incentives that would push his compensation increased, the varsity mentioned.

The contract replaces a bundle signed in 2018 when Hurley was employed that paid him about $3 million per season.

“I’m thrilled to have Dan Hurley main our males’s basketball program,” David Benedict, the varsity’s director of athletics, mentioned. “The work he and his employees have carried out over the previous 5 years in rebuilding our program, which culminated within the Huskies as soon as once more reaching the top of faculty basketball, has been nothing wanting exceptional. I do know all of UConn Nation is ecstatic that Dan will proceed to steer this program for the foreseeable future.”

The 50-year-old Hurley is 104-55 at UConn, a program he took over in March 2018 following three dropping seasons and the firing of former coach Kevin Ollie amid NCAA violations.

The Huskies went 31-8 this previous season on the best way to this system’s fifth nationwide title, profitable every recreation within the NCAA Match by double digits. Hurley’s 13-year teaching report, which incorporates stints at Wagner and Rhode Island, is 255-160.

“I need to thank the gamers and employees who helped make this climb attainable,” Hurley mentioned in an announcement. “Teaching on the College of Connecticut is an honor and we intend to construct on our success as one of many premier applications in school basketball.”

Hurley was in New York Thursday to look at the NBA draft, which is predicted to incorporate UConn prospects Jordan Hawkins, Adama Sanogo and Andre Jackson Jr.

The varsity mentioned the wage will increase in Hurley’s contract shall be lined by donations to the Husky Athletic Fund and elevated ticket gross sales income.