Kentucky can scratch UConn’s Dan Hurley off of its head-coaching want record.
Per The Athletic’s Kyle Tucker, Hurley stated, “No approach” when requested whether or not he would contemplate taking the Kentucky job.
Tucker famous Kentucky has deep pockets and will outbid UConn if it tried to match or surpass a possible provide. John Calipari — who just lately left for Arkansas — made $9M per yr whereas serving because the Wildcats HC. Hurley, in the meantime, made $5M this season after he signed a six-year deal in June.
Whereas the cash could possibly be alluring, Hurley defined attempting to win a 3rd consecutive nationwide title with the Huskies is simply too particular to cross up.
“The very last thing I am enthusiastic about is one other place,” Hurley advised Tucker. “We’re able proper now to be back-to-back in an period that makes it powerful to do it. Now you are considering in your mind, as I have a look at that locker room, I might like the prospect to do it 3 times. A dynasty in fashionable instances. That is what I am enthusiastic about.”
247 Sports activities rates Kentucky’s 2024 recruiting class because the second-best within the nation behind Duke, however that would change. Within the final 9 NBA Drafts, Calipari has had 14 gamers chosen within the first spherical. That is one cause recruits could comply with him to Arkansas.
“Calipari’s monitor file speaks for itself,” five-star small ahead Karter Knox told Yahoo Sports activities’ Krysten Peek. “We’re all attempting to get to the league and simply following in my brother’s (Utah Jazz ahead Kevin) footsteps; I knew coach Cal was the proper coach for me.”
It is sensible for Hurley to remain at a program that does not require a possible reboot.
Do not be stunned if the Wildcats flip to Baylor HC Scott Drew as an alternative. Individuals near Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart told The Athletic the previous nationwide champion could be his No. 1 alternative at any time when the job turned accessible.
