UConn's Hurley gets 2-year extension, now signed through 2032 — SkimNews
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- Dan Hurley signed a two-year extension that keeps him with UConn through the 2031-32 season and maintains his annual salary at roughly $8 million.
- Los Angeles Lakers head-coaching offer was turned down by Hurley before he signed his previous agreement following back-to-back national championships in 2024.
- Bill Self was the only coach ahead of Hurley in college-basketball pay, according to a USA Today database of public schools that ranked Hurley second.
- David Benedict said UConn was thrilled to keep Hurley home for the next six years and called continuity especially important in what he described as a chaotic era in college sports.
- UConn was ranked fourth after exhibition wins over Syracuse, Michigan State and Purdue, with its season opener against Gardner-Webb scheduled for Monday.
- Dan Hurley compiled a 199-75 record in his first eight years at UConn and became one of three coaches to win consecutive titles since the John Wooden era.
- UConn returned to the national title game in March under Hurley, who became the youngest active head coach to reach three Final Fours and the only coach this millennium to reach three title games in four years.
Why it matters: UConn retains the coach behind consecutive national titles for two more seasons through 2031-32 without raising his roughly $8 million annual salary. That preserves the six-year continuity Benedict cited, while Hurley remains the second-highest-paid coach in USA Today’s public-school database after previously rejecting the Lakers.
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