Dan Hurly - Top 8 Coach in the Country

[SuperHuski]

College basketball coaching tiers 2023: Dan Hurley moves into Tier 1, John Calipari falls

Based on expert input and our own criteria, here's how we rank the top coaches in Division I.

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Before March, the 50-year-old was 2-4 in NCAA Tournament games. He was most known for his last name and sideline hysterics. Then UConn beat Iona, Saint Mary’s, Arkansas, Gonzaga, Miami and San Diego State, and now, as far as this exercise goes, he’s among the best of the best.

There was much discussion. The aforementioned administrator chalked this up as recency bias and countered, “Hasn’t John Calipari accomplished significantly more than Dan Hurley?” Yes, he has. Still, in the here and now, Calipari is treading water with one NCAA win in the last three years, while Hurley has built a sustainable rocket ship at UConn.

 

[Psolo12]

Having Ed Cooley on the same tier as Jim Larranaga and Greg McDermott is just disrespectful.

 

[RipCity]

Come on how do you spell Hurley wrong? This place makes spelling look like calculus

 

[husky429]

Tier 1 seems fair enough, though I think Izzo is close to washed.

Cooley doesn't belong on this list.

Big East has the best coaches in the country. Makes for really fun, high-level basketball.

 

[AdamaNation]

Love to see best benches for coaching!!

 

[SuperHuski]

Come on how do you spell Hurley wrong? This place makes spelling look like calculus

Lol sorry. It's early in the morning for me here and coffee takes longer and longer to kick in.

 

[PNolanFan]

ACC is so stupid. I looked at it close so dont kill me if i missed my count but i have the list at 6-2 big east to acc coaches. Makes no sense why they let the big east hire better coaches with smaller budgets than they have.

 

[CL82]

Come on how do you spell Hurley wrong? This place makes spelling look like calculus

Your knot wrong.

 

[WNConn]

On what planet is Cooley better than McDermott, Musselman, and Oats? Each of those guys advanced further in the tournament last year than Cooley has in his entire career lol

 

[Rings R Us]

But where's Scheyer?

 

[The Yakk]

Rick Barnes LOL

 

[gtcam]

Kelvin Sampson should be in the top 3 - what he has done in Houston is amazing

 

[KingAG]

Kelvin Sampson should be in the top 3 - what he has done in Houston is amazing

He needs a championship

 

[husky429]

The tiers are not ranked. It's alpbabetical.

Kelvin Sampson should be in the top 3 - what he has done in Houston is amazing

 

[JakeTheDog]

The six coaches Hurley beat in the NCAAT last year are all represented in Tiers 1 and 2.

 

[Travelman6]

The six coaches Hurley beat in the NCAAT last year are all represented in Tiers 1 and 2.

And if I'm not mistaken 10-4 overall record vs those coaches last year.

 

[Waquoit]

I'm waiting for the CBS Sports list. Last year Dan Hurley didn't make the Top 25 +1. A week later they had a story about who they snubbed and he didn't make that one either.

 

[GiladKatzDeli]

Not a Calipari fan, but he's a tier 1 coach as much as any of those other names.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Not a Calipari fan, but he's a tier 1 coach as much as any of those other names.

It’s not a recruiting list.

 

[bendm]

wouldnt trade hurley for anyone that makes him #1.

 

[uconngb]

Not a Calipari fan, but he's a tier 1 coach as much as any of those other names.

Definitely NOT

 

[AdamaNation]

Funny I didn’t see Scheyer in any list. Hmm.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

Good list overall. But I can think of more than a handful of coaches I'd rank above Bruce Pearl

 

[storrsroars]

On what planet is Cooley better than McDermott, Musselman, and Oats? Each of those guys advanced further in the tournament last year than Cooley has in his entire career lol

On the planet that uses alphabetical order.

 

[Waquoit]

I feel for Tyler Betsey, having to play for a Tier 4 coach.

 

[M.S.G.]

Tier 1 seems fair enough, though I think Izzo is close to washed.

Cooley doesn't belong on this list.

Big East has the best coaches in the country. Makes for really fun, high-level basketball.

While I did agree with Izzo’s rant about the portal, NIL, entitlement - he just finds a way to stay relevant, their SG reminds me of Ben Gordon, very fun to watch

 

[ScottCT]

Not a Calipari fan, but he's a tier 1 coach as much as any of those other names.

You're joking right? He doesn't belong anywhere near the 1st tier. All the talent that came through Kentucky and only 1 championship to show for it. He has massively underperformed.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Come on how do you spell Hurley wrong? This place makes spelling look like calculus

I was going to say, maybe we should hire that guy.

Hard to argue much with the list. Even the Tier two list is ok, even though some of those guys are close to T1 and some are close to T3.

 

[HooperScooper]

#7 on this list. From unranked last year. Funny what a national championship can do to change perceptions.

7. Dan Hurley, UConn​

Hurley failed to make the list last season as he entered Year 5 at UConn without a single NCAA Tournament victory. Now, he is entering Year 6 as the reigning national championship-winning coach. Hurley assembled a deep, well-rounded team that steamrolled through March Madness with six consecutive double-digit victories. At 50 and with seemingly boundless amounts of energy, he is poised to be a star of the coaching profession for years to come. (Not ranked)

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[mauconnfan]

Come on how do you spell Hurley wrong? This place makes spelling look like calculus

That was “SuprHuski” lol