After winning the 2023 national title, the University of Connecticut has agreed to upgrade Dan Hurley’s contract to approximately $5.5 million annually, sources tell CBS Sports. In all, the deal is worth approximately $33 million through the 2028-29 season, and Hurley is expected to earn millions more over the course of the contract if the stipulated incentives are met.
The deal was recently agreed and has Hurley among the top 10 highest paid coaches in college hoops, Entering the neighborhood That includes the likes of Kansas’ Bill Self, Michigan State’s Tom Izzo, Tennessee’s Rick Barnes and Auburn’s Bruce Pearl.
Hurley is 104-55 in five seasons with the Huskies. It proved to be a very good fit in Storrs, Connecticut. In 2018, he left the University of Rhode Island for UConn – taking the job despite having a larger contract offer from the University of Pittsburgh at the time. Hurley helped catalyze Connecticut’s exit from the American Athletic Conference and warmly endorsed its return to the Big East in 2020.
The deal comes at a time when UConn is a rumored (but not certain) candidate to join the Big 12, in part because the school and its athletic department would theoretically make a lot more money annually in media rights than it does with the Big 12. .
Regardless of future conference affiliation, it’s a great day for Hurley and the Huskies. Will come in handy in new york thursday night for NBA Draft. The Huskies’ shooting guard Jordan Hawkins is an expected lottery pick, while fellow UConn guard Andre Jackson, Jr. is a lock picked somewhere in the first or second round. Final Four’s most decorated player, Adama Sanogo, could hear his name, too.
ESPN first broke the news about Hurley’s contract.