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Dan Hurley Agrees to UConn Extension Through 2031-32 Season
Dan Hurley has agreed to extend his UConn coaching contract through the 2031-32 season, according to reports.
The deal concerns UConn’s men’s basketball team, based in Storrs, Connecticut.
Its financial terms have not been made public, though the reported agreement will keep Hurley among college basketball’s highest-paid coaches.
Hurley has led UConn since 2018 and guided the Huskies to national titles in 2023 and 2024.
They were runners-up this year and enter the 2026-27 season ranked No.
4 in the preseason poll.
UConn is due to open its season against Gardner-Webb on Monday, and the university was expected to make the extension official Friday.
Dan Hurley and UConn have agreed to a contract extension that would keep him as the men’s basketball coach through the 2031-32 season.
The reported agreement is for two additional years, but its financial terms have not been made public.
Jon Rothstein reported that the deal will keep Hurley among college basketball’s highest-paid coaches.
Hurley has led UConn to national titles in 2023 and 2024.
UConn enters the 2026-27 season ranked No. 4 in the Associated Press preseason poll.
- Who
- Dan Hurley and the University of Connecticut.
- What
- They have agreed to a contract extension for Hurley as men’s basketball coach through the 2031-32 season.
- When
- The agreement was reported on Oct. 30, 2026.
- Where
- UConn, based in Storrs, Connecticut.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Hurley signed a six-year, $50 million contract with UConn, according to Bleacher Report.
Reports said Hurley and UConn had agreed to an extension through the 2031-32 season.
UConn was scheduled to open its season against Gardner-Webb at PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford.
- Extension length
- Two years
- New contract end
- 2031-32 season
- Previous contract end
- 2029-30 season
- UConn preseason ranking
- No. 4 in the Associated Press Top 25
- National titles under Hurley
- 2023 and 2024
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NEWS: UConn's Dan Hurley has received a two-year contract extension through the 2031-32 season, according to multiple sources. The deal keeps Hurley among the highest paid coaches in the country. CC: @247Sports, @CBSSportsCBB.