UConn head coach Dan Hurley earns $200k bonus for leading Huskies to Final Four

Life is pretty good for UConn head men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley these days. He’s got another dominant team that’s now just two wins away from winning a national title for the second year in a row.

And just by piloting the Huskies to the Final Four again, Hurley picked up a $200,000 bonus, according to USA Today’s Steve Berkowitz. It brings Hurley up to $850,000 in bonus money on the year for various accomplishments, such as winning the Big East Tournament.

Berkowitz noted that for all intents and purposes, the bonus total might as well be counted at $1,000,000, given Hurley gets another $150,000 bonus if UConn finishes in the Top 10 in the polls. That’s almost a guarantee at this point with the Huskies dominating en route to the Final Four.

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UConn, the No. 1 overall seed, won in dominating fashion over No. 3 seed Illinois in their Elite 8 matchup on Saturday evening. After taking a five-point lead into the half, UConn would go on a 30-0 extended run and go on to win, 77-52.

Hurley got to cut down the nets with the Final Four trip

UConn entered the second half hanging on to a 28-23 lead and would not waste any time expanding it. The Huskies began the half on a 25-0 run as the Fighting Illini were held scoreless up until the 12:30 mark. By that point the game was already well out of hand as UConn held Illinois to only six points across the first 10 minutes.

“Just turned it up,” Hurley said of the run. “Credit to Illinois. It’s one of the hardest teams to play in this tournament. They’re incredibly well-coaches, NBA players. They came into this game really, really hot. But systematically, we were able to break them down.”

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The Final Four appearance is not only the second straight for UConn, but also the seventh in program history. The Huskies have gone on to win the national title in five of the past six times, but Hurley said his team isn’t worried about chasing what it did last year.

“It’s not about trying to win No. 6 or go back-to-back,” he said. “This time of year, you just love your team. You can’t imagine what it would be like to not get up the next day and still coach your team. That’s what you learn when you’ve won the way we’ve won. It really is about the work, the journey, the process with the group. Then obviously, too, with my son Andrew, the thought of not being his coach made me a little bit sad too.”