Daniel S. Hurley (born January 16, 1973) is an American basketball coach who currently coaches the

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men's basketball team. Hurley was named head coach of the

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on March 22, 2018, after two years at

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and six years at the

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. Hurley turned down an aggressive long-term offer from Rhode Island in order to lead UConn. Prior to Wagner, Hurley was head coach of

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, where he is credited with building the

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school into one of the top high school basketball programs in America. Hurley played five years of college basketball, including a

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year, at

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. During his first three seasons, his head coach was P. J. Carlesimo. Hurley is the youngest son of Hall of Fame high school coach Bob Hurley. His brother

Bobby Hurley Robert Matthew Hurley (born June 28, 1971) is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Arizona State Sun Devils. He was previously the head coach at the University at Buffalo. As a college ...

is a former

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and

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guard and the current head coach at Arizona State University. From 2010 to 2013, Bobby was one of Dan's assistant coaches at both Rhode Island and Wagner. On September 6, 2019, Hurley had surgery to replace two disks in his neck with artificial ones. Doctors told Hurley the condition was part hereditary and part the result of years of wear and tear associated with being a life-long athlete. Hurley returned to work less than two weeks after surgery.

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