UCONN head coach Dan Hurley has opened up on the media frenzy surrounding his proposed move to the Los Angeles Lakers. Hurley turned down a six-year, $70 million contract offer from the NBA organization on Monday to stay with the Huskies. The 51-year-old has since revealed the seismic impact of the proposed move on his wife Andrea.
In a revealing interview, the college coach admitted the contract saga severely affected his family. "[Andrea] was like crying in the beginning,” Hurley told The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz . "I think initially, the first couple days of it, she got violently angry and emotional.
" "Not like hitting me and stuff," he added, with a little laugh. "She got emotional like, ‘I can’t believe you’re bringing this. Our life is so great, it’s perfect.
"Our lives couldn’t be better and now you’re bringing this s***." Hurley has won back-to-back NCAA titles with the Huskies. He signed a $32.
1 million contract extension in 2023 with the school that runs through 2029. The Lakers parted with Darvin Ham last month following a first-round postseason loss to the Denver Nuggets. "She was bad in the beginning but then she warmed up to it when we got out there and she met [Lakers GM] Rob Pelinka and she met Jeanie [Buss] and felt the weather," Hurley continued.
"We drove around Manhattan Beach and just met the people mostly. And she saw the vision of it. She was into it.
"But then when we got back to Connecticut without having made a decision and we go.
