With new $50 million contract, UConn’s Dan Hurley keeps focus on the court

By The Associated Press

UConn head coach Dan Hurley talks to the media during an NCAA college basketball news conference, Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in Storrs, Conn. About a month after declining becoming the head coach of the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers, Hurley signed a six-year, $50 million contract through the 2029-30 season. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant via AP)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Aaron Flaum]

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Even with a deal that would make him one of the highest-paid college basketball coaches in the country, UConn’s Dan Hurley never let his thoughts stray far from what got him to the top of the men’s college basketball world. About a month after declining to become the head coach of the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers, Hurley agreed to a six-year, $50 million contract through the 2029-30 season. He will receive $6.375 million next season in addition to his $400,000 base annual salary. “It is not something I obsess over,” Hurley said. “If anything, I dragged my feet because I didn’t want to look it over or read it or deal with it. We have been so focused on the basketball part but it is nice that it is over.”