The basketball world is reacting as the coaching carousel between college and the pros took another turn on Monday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
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.
Hurley, 51, played college ball at Seton Hall under one-time Portland Trail Blazers coach P.J. Carlesimo. He got his first job in college basketball as a Rutgers assistant from 1997-2001 before going back to high school to coach St.