Dan Hurley has set a deadline to make a decision on whether to accept the Lakers coaching job.
UConn Men’s Basketball Coach He told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. He will have the choice on Monday of returning to Storrs or buying a ticket to Hollywood.
Hurley told ESPN he was “very impressed” with Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka and owner Jeanie Buss on Friday, and said the vision they presented made a “compelling case” for him to be the team’s next head coach.
According to a report from ESPN, the two-time national championship coach was offered a huge, long-term contract and was pondering his future on Saturday.
ESPN noted that Hurley was “at the forefront” of the Lakers’ hiring process as the team sought to replace Darvin Ham, who was fired in May after two seasons with the team.
According to ESPN, the Lakers had interviewed several candidates, but Hurley was the coach they wanted. The only other candidate to interview in person in Los Angeles was New Orleans Pelicans assistant coach and former Charlotte Hornets head coach James Borrego.
It was previously reported that the Lakers’ offer would stand. $100 million in about eight years This makes Hurley one of the highest-paid head coaches in the NBA.
It also Six-year, $32 million contract He is currently enrolled at the University of Connecticut.
He will be taking charge of a Lakers team led by LeBron James and Anthony Davis that finished seventh in the Western Conference and lost to the Nuggets in the first round.
Hurley, 51, led the Huskies to consecutive national championships and has previously expressed interest in coaching in the NBA.
Prior to his six-year stint at the University of Connecticut, Hurley had successful coaching careers at the collegiate level at the University of Rhode Island and Wagner University, and at the high school level at St. Benedict Prep in New Jersey.
