Dan Hurley has turned down the Los Angeles Lakers, and details of the contract offer he declined have been revealed.
According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Lakers offered Hurley a 6-year, $70 million deal. That averages out to $11.67 million per season and would have made Hurley one of the six highest-paid coaches in the NBA.
BREAKING: Connecticut’s Dan Hurley has turned down the Los Angeles Lakers’ six-year, $70 million offer and will return to chase a third straight national title, sources tell ESPN. LA would’ve made him one of NBA’s six highest paid coaches. pic.twitter.com/hEXo3o00SR
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 10, 2024
Hurley turning down that money could signal that he never wanted to leave UConn for the Lakers. Rather, he may have used the Lakers flirtation to extract a deserving pay raise out of UConn.
Hurley is the 7th-highest paid coach in college basketball despite leading the Huskies to consecutive national championships.
Men's College Basketball highest paid coaches:
1. Bill Self – $9.6M
2. John Calipari – $7M
3. Tom Izzo – $6.2M
4. Bruce Pearl – $5.7M
5. Rick Barnes – $5.7M
6. Scott Drew – $5.1M
7. Dan Hurley – $5M
8. Matt Painter – $4.9M
9. Brad Underwood – $4.7M
10. Kelvin Sampson – $4.6M— Jordan Stocks (@StockTalks21) June 10, 2024
He seems to be deserving of more money from Connecticut.
