UConn head coach Dan Hurley has turned down a staggering six-year $70M offer to become the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, opting to stay with the Huskies, according to Adrian Wojnarowski.
Hurley told ESPN that the Lakers owner Jeanie Buss and GM Rob Pelinka did make a "compelling case" for him to join.
News broke on Thursday that the Lakers were preparing to offer the star college coach a massive deal that would have made him the sixth-highest paid coach in the NBA.
However, in a shocking turn of events for the Lakers and their search for a new head coach, Hurley has turned down the offer, forcing them to look elsewhere.
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Lakers Head Coach
LA relieved Darvin Ham this offseason following the Lakers' postseason exit by the Denver Nuggets.
Ham was the seventh head coach brought in by the Lakers, who took the team to the Conference Finals a season before being knocked out in the first round the season after.
Everything was pointing to JJ Reddick becoming the guy in Los Angeles, prior to the Hurley news.
Lakers star LeBron James has a podcast with the former NBA sharpshooter and there were reports that LA was targeting him as their next head coach. However, the Lakers will now look to other options after the Hurley news has fizzled out.
Going For the Three-Peat
The UConn Huskies can make history by becoming the second program in College basketball history to win three National Championships in a row.
Currently, as it stands the UCLA Bruins are the only men's division I Basketball program to three-peat. This feat has yet to be achieved since John Wooden's Bruins, who won seven in a row from 1967 to 1973.
The task may seem complicated for the Huskies, fresh from defeating the Purdue Boilermakers in the 2024 NCAA Championship, considering they will be without Donovan Clingan and Stephon Castle, who have both entered the NBA draft.
Dan Hurley signed a six-year $32.1M deal with UConn after the 2022-23 season; he has spent the last six seasons with the Huskies, going 141-58.
He has a 292-163 in 14 seasons at the collegiate level when adding in his years at Wagner and Rhode Island.
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