UConn's Dan Hurley admits burnout after pursuit of three consecutive titles

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Dan Hurley's return to Storrs, Connecticut, for the upcoming season was far much less sure than many could have believed.

Within the new e book, "By no means Cease: Life, Management, and What It Takes To Be Nice," which Hurley co-authored, the two-time national-championship successful coach revealed that the stress he skilled throughout the Huskies' pursuit of a 3rd consecutive title practically prompted him to step away.

Whereas Hurley is predicted to be again on the sidelines when UConn's 2025-26 season ideas off, he admitted within the e book that he "was fully cooked" as soon as final season ended.

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UConn Huskies head coach Dan Hurley watches from the sideline as they tackle the Butler Bulldogs at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion on Jan. 21, 2025 in Storrs, Connecticut. (David Butler II/Imagn Photographs)

After main the Huskies to back-to-back NCAA Division I males's match championships, Hurley confronted questions on what went mistaken when Florida defeated UConn within the second spherical this previous March.

In keeping with The Athletic , Hurley contemplated leaving teaching on account of exhaustion and taking roughly one 12 months to bodily and mentally recharge. The 52-year-old cited the sensation of being burnt out.

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"I knew my thoughts, and I knew my physique, and I might really feel that I used to be fully cooked," Hurley wrote. "Simply burnt. I didn’t even know the way I used to be standing. I stared on the workplace partitions, muttering, conducting a brutal evaluate of our season. I didn’t construct a robust sufficient roster. I wasn’t chief. I let everybody down in Maui. I misplaced management, emotionally, at numerous factors. I got here in right here some days unhappy and defeated, after I wanted to be optimistic and provoking. Then I went via the self-lacerating what-ifs: What if we’d performed just a little bit higher in Maui? What if we hadn’t blown that recreation in opposition to Seton Corridor? What if we’d been a greater seed than an eight seed and hadn’t wanted to face a primary within the second spherical? Who is aware of?"

Dan Hurley of the Connecticut Huskies indicators to his gamers in the course of the Nationwide School Basketball Championship recreation in opposition to the Purdue Boilermakers at State Farm Stadium on April 08, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Photographs)

UConn completed the 2024-25 season with a 24-11 document.

Hurley agreed to a six-year contract extension with UConn final 12 months. The deal was finalized after Hurley reportedly turned down a six-year provide from the Los Angeles Lakers to grow to be the franchise's subsequent head coach.

Connecticut Huskies head coach Dan Hurley shouts to his staff in the course of the Males's NCAA nationwide championship recreation in opposition to the Purdue Boilermakers at State Farm Stadium in Glendale on April 8, 2024. (Joe Rondone/The Republic/USA TODAY NETWORK)

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Extra lately, Hurley's title was linked to the New York Knicks because the staff looked for Tom Thibodeau's alternative. Hurley finally shut down these rumors. "Not one other summer season of that," Hurley instructed the Hartford Courant in June.