UConn’s $50,000,000 man Dan Hurley emphasizes on importance of finances while coaching

Dan Hurley agreed to a new six-year contract with UConn in early July worth $50 million. Hurley, who declined an offer from the Los Angeles Lakers, decided to stay with Storrs through the 2029–2030 season.

With the new contract, Hurley will earn roughly $8.33 million a year. This comes after he led the program to back-to-back championships.

"The success, what I have now, stature-wise and financially, that's just a byproduct of every single day trying to run a championship organization and every single day trying to get better as a coach — just every aspect of it, chasing it, pursuing it," Dan Hurley told UConn reporter Mike Anthony, regarding his contract extention. "Everything else is just a byproduct of that. I was never chasing this."

A long time ago, Hurley tied the knot with his wife Andrea in 1997 and had two sons. They lived paycheck-to-paycheck, always carefully managing their budget.

"More, broke, More, borrowing," Hurley said. "There was a lot of sacrifice for my kids. When they were younger, this wasn't their lifestyle. This wasn't our lifestyle. It was a struggle for a long time ... My family has seen the grind. I’ve been able to model for them what it’s like to work hard through your 20s, 30s, 40s. … I’ve literally done it all."

Dan Hurley's strategic spending influences his coaching

Dan Hurley has been a huge fan of cars and trucks. He drove his blue BMW convertible to campus to sign his new UConn contract. But his favorite possession is his black Ford Raptor truck.

"Of any of the things I've ever purchased — I'm not a clothes guy, I don't like jewelry — that was probably the biggest purchase I've ever made," Hurley said about buying a Ford Raptor. "That was before we won it. I bought the truck to win it."

Then Hurley bought a Toyota RAV4 and drove until Father Edwin Leahy, the headmaster of St. Benedict’s, gave him a donated Chevy Suburban as a gift.

"I became I better coach, instantly, because I was in a black Suburban,” Hurley said.

When meeting with recruits, Hurley often drives a huge pickup truck and sometimes he drives a blue convertible.