Dan Hurley turns down Lakers coaching offer, will stay at Connecticut
6 months, 1 week ago

Dan Hurley turns down Lakers coaching offer, will stay at Connecticut

LA Times  

Connecticut coach Dan Hurley, who darted to the front of the Lakers’ coaching search in a surprise turn last week, turned down a six-year, $70-million offer to leave the defending NCAA champion Huskies, according to people with knowledge of the decision not authorized to speak publicly. The Lakers’ interest in Hurley was kept incredibly secretive until ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski broke the news early Thursday, triggering a wild four-plus days of speculation set against the opening two games of the NBA Finals. Had Hurley accepted the Lakers’ offer, he’d have needed to buck a trend of college coaches failing to win at the same rate in the NBA. It’s unknown whether the Lakers’ pursuit of Hurley will have an impact on other coaches the team has considered, a group that includes Redick and Borrego, who met with Lakers executives last week for in-person interviews.

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Darvin Ham says what he accomplished with Lakers warranted an extension, not firing
4 days, 23 hours ago

Darvin Ham says what he accomplished with Lakers warranted an extension, not firing

LA Times  

Darvin Ham was fired as Lakers head coach in May, days after the team’s season ended with a loss to the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. Now an assistant coach with the Milwaukee Bucks, Ham improved to 14-0 in NBA Cup games later that night when the Bucks defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder to …

With new $50 million contract, UConn’s Dan Hurley keeps focus on the court
5 months, 2 weeks ago

With new $50 million contract, UConn’s Dan Hurley keeps focus on the court

Associated Press  

STORRS, Conn. — Even with a deal that would make him one of the highest-paid college basketball coaches in the country, UConn’s Dan Hurley never let his thoughts stray far from what got him to the top of the men’s college basketball world. “It is hard to put together a staff because there aren’t a lot of people who can …

UConn, coach Dan Hurley agree to 6-year, $50 million deal a month after he spurned offer from Lakers
5 months, 2 weeks ago

UConn, coach Dan Hurley agree to 6-year, $50 million deal a month after he spurned offer from Lakers

Associated Press  

STORRS, Conn. — UConn and men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley have agreed to a six-year, $50 million contract through the 2029-30 season that makes him one of the nation’s highest paid college coaches nearly a month after he turned down a lucrative offer to coach the Los Angeles Lakers. Hurley — 141-58 in six seasons with the Huskies and 292-163 …

Lakers hire Nate McMillan and Scott Brooks as assistant coaches on JJ Redick’s staff
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Lakers hire Nate McMillan and Scott Brooks as assistant coaches on JJ Redick’s staff

LA Times  

Nate McMillan has been a head coach for four teams, most recently the Atlanta Hawks. McMillan is joining Lakers coach JJ Redick’s staff as an assistant. The Lakers are hiring Scott Brooks and Nate McMillan to the front of JJ Redick’s bench, a source with knowledge of the situation but not authorized to speak publicly confirmed to The Times. The …

NBA: Los Angeles Lakers introduces JJ Redick as first-time head coach
5 months, 4 weeks ago

NBA: Los Angeles Lakers introduces JJ Redick as first-time head coach

The Hindu  

JJ Redick took the reins of the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday claiming to know the stakes of stepping into a pressure cooker as a first-time head coach with championship expectations. General manager Rob Pelinka said Redick was always in the franchise’s “Plan A pool” of candidates. I understood,” Redick said of being a purported Plan B to Hurley’s Plan …

It goes beyond LeBron and a podcast: Why the Lakers decided to hire JJ Redick
6 months ago

It goes beyond LeBron and a podcast: Why the Lakers decided to hire JJ Redick

LA Times  

Among the big questions that persist after the Lakers finally hired JJ Redick as the team’s head coach is when exactly general manager Rob Pelinka and the team got the idea to hire him. Before you can understand why and how the Lakers landed on Redick from seemingly out of nowhere, it’s important to remember why they were looking for …

The Lakers are hiring JJ Redick as their new head coach, an AP source says
6 months ago

The Lakers are hiring JJ Redick as their new head coach, an AP source says

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — JJ Redick is being hired as the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, a person with knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press. AP AUDIO: The Lakers are hiring JJ Redick as their new head coach, an AP source says The Lakers are hiring a former player-turned-analyst to fill their head coaching vacancy. Before Redick …

JJ Redick will be Lakers’ next coach as long search ends where it started
6 months ago

JJ Redick will be Lakers’ next coach as long search ends where it started

LA Times  

The Lakers have agreed to hire JJ Redick as their next head coach Thursday, people with knowledge of the situation but unauthorized to speak publicly confirmed to The Times — ending a prolonged search that was widely believed would end at this destination, only for a dramatic detour to emerge in the middle. Redick, who turns 40 next week, has …

Lakers, JJ Redick agree to 4-year deal to become next head coach: Sources
6 months ago

Lakers, JJ Redick agree to 4-year deal to become next head coach: Sources

New York Times  

The Los Angeles Lakers and JJ Redick have agreed to a four-year deal to make the 39-year-old former NBA player the team’s new head coach, team sources said Thursday. During meetings with Lakers vice president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka, and his visit with Lakers ownership, Redick showed promise, team sources said. Redick’s status as the front-runner …

Dan Hurley says he belongs at UConn after turning down ‘obviously tempting’ offer from Lakers
6 months, 1 week ago

Dan Hurley says he belongs at UConn after turning down ‘obviously tempting’ offer from Lakers

Associated Press  

STORRS, Conn. — Dan Hurley considered the opportunity to try and lead UConn to a third consecutive national title or the chance to become coach of one of the NBA’s most storied franchises and asked himself one question. “Where do you belong?” Hurley said Thursday at UConn’s basketball headquarters. If recruits don’t see that, that is their loss.” Hurley denied …

JJ Redick gets his shot with in-person Lakers interview this weekend
6 months, 1 week ago

JJ Redick gets his shot with in-person Lakers interview this weekend

LA Times  

JJ Redick was long believed to be the favorite for the Lakers’ head coaching job before the team made a run at UConn coach Dan Hurley. JJ Redick, the presumptive front-runner for the Lakers’ head-coaching job for much of their offseason, will undergo his most formal interview to date in Los Angeles this weekend, according to people with knowledge not …

Lakers’ $70-million offer not enough for Dan Hurley? ‘There probably is a number’ to leave UConn
6 months, 1 week ago

Lakers’ $70-million offer not enough for Dan Hurley? ‘There probably is a number’ to leave UConn

LA Times  

Connecticut coach Dan Hurley talked Thursday about the difficulty he had in choosing between staying with the Huskies or becoming the Lakers’ head coach. Making his first public comments since turning down the Lakers’ offer Monday, Hurley said the number would have had to have been pretty extraordinary for him to leave behind his situation in Storrs, Conn. “To leave …

What’s next for the Lakers now that Dan Hurley rejected them?
6 months, 1 week ago

What’s next for the Lakers now that Dan Hurley rejected them?

LA Times  

Whew, let’s take a deep breath. The six-year, $70-million offer to Hurley would’ve made him the sixth-highest-paid coach in the NBA, with Monty Williams the only coach ahead of him without at least one title. There were rumors of the Lakers putting together offers that would’ve had Hurley making close to $15 million annually that might have swayed him. That …

Dan Hurley staying at UConn rather than taking the L.A. Lakers job says something important about college sports.
6 months, 1 week ago

Dan Hurley staying at UConn rather than taking the L.A. Lakers job says something important about college sports.

Slate  

UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley spent the weekend as the subject of an intense courtship by the Los Angeles Lakers. “They’re professional athletes, just not called that, so you might as well go coach professional athletes where it’s real.” Charles Barkley said he understood why Hurley would leave: because college sports had become too chaotic. If Hurley leaving UConn …

Snubbed by their first choice, the Los Angeles Lakers must resume their head coaching search
6 months, 1 week ago

Snubbed by their first choice, the Los Angeles Lakers must resume their head coaching search

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers must continue their latest coaching search with the basketball world already knowing their first choice turned them down. Nearly every leaked discussion of the Lakers’ search included three top candidates — each of whom would have arrived on the West Coast with question marks. Many fans are wondering whether Buss and Pelinka have …

Dan Hurley turns down offer from Lakers, will stay at UConn
6 months, 1 week ago

Dan Hurley turns down offer from Lakers, will stay at UConn

Associated Press  

The Los Angeles Lakers offered Dan Hurley what would have seemed like a basketball coach’s dream: a chance to coach one of the world’s most popular franchises, possibly an opportunity to work with LeBron James and a salary that would have doubled his current one. AP AUDIO: Dan Hurley turns down offer from Lakers, will stay at UConn to seek …

Dan Hurley rejection is another humiliation for Lakers brand
6 months, 1 week ago

Dan Hurley rejection is another humiliation for Lakers brand

LA Times  

Connecticut head coach Dan Hurley spurned the Lakers’ offer to become their next coach. Dan Hurley, a former high school coach, was given a chance to lead basketball’s highest-profile team in its most glamorous city for a Lakers head coaching job that would offer him generational wealth and change his career arc forever. Hurley was given enough money to become …

‘I want the coach to be Hurley’: Magic Johnson endorses Dan Hurley for Lakers job
6 months, 2 weeks ago

‘I want the coach to be Hurley’: Magic Johnson endorses Dan Hurley for Lakers job

LA Times  

NBA legend Magic Johnson, left, wants Dan Hurley, who has led Connecticut to back-to-back men’s basketball titles, to become the next Lakers coach. “I want the coach to be Hurley.” Johnson made the comment during an appearance on Thursday’s episode of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” which was recorded the same day news broke that the Lakers plan to offer their …

Lakers conduct a public coaching search, considering Hurley and Redick, in hopes of pleasing LeBron
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Lakers conduct a public coaching search, considering Hurley and Redick, in hopes of pleasing LeBron

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers’ coaching search has been very public, seemingly chaotic and dominated by famous names. The Lakers’ reported plan to offer a massive contract to UConn coach Dan Hurley is the latest twist in the monthlong race to replace Darvin Ham, who was fired May 3 after two seasons. According to a person with knowledge …

Lakers 'are preparing massive long-term offer to UConn coach Dan Hurley' after interviewing LeBron James' podcast co-host JJ Redick for opening in LA
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Lakers 'are preparing massive long-term offer to UConn coach Dan Hurley' after interviewing LeBron James' podcast co-host JJ Redick for opening in LA

Daily Mail  

There is a new frontrunner for the Los Angeles Lakers' coaching vacancy: UConn's Dan Hurley. The Lakers are reportedly preparing to make a long-term offer to UConn's Dan Hurley Redick smiles during the game between the Denver Nuggets and the LA Lakers on March 2 Lakers spokespeople did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com's request for confirmation. The Athletic's Shams Charania …

Hurley up! The Lakers need to hire UConn champ Dan Hurley now
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Hurley up! The Lakers need to hire UConn champ Dan Hurley now

LA Times  

This is loud and turbulent and fraught with unending drama and unceasing peril. The UConn coach who just led his team to college basketball’s first back-to-back championship in 17 years? UConn coach Dan Hurley celebrates with forward Alex Karaban after their national title game win over Purdue on April 8 in Glendale, Ariz. “To win double digits these past two …

Who is Dan Hurley? Everything you need to know about the Lakers coaching candidate
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Who is Dan Hurley? Everything you need to know about the Lakers coaching candidate

LA Times  

Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens speaks at a news conference in October. You have to go back 20 years to find the last NBA coach to win a title — Detroit’s Larry Brown — who had previously been a major college head coach. Brown won a title with Kansas and took UCLA to the Final Four before …

In a stunner, Lakers set to pursue UConn’s Dan Hurley for head coaching position
6 months, 2 weeks ago

In a stunner, Lakers set to pursue UConn’s Dan Hurley for head coaching position

LA Times  

The Lakers are planning to offer their head coaching position to Connecticut head coach Dan Hurley, according to people with knowledge of the team’s plans but not authorized to speak publicly. For weeks, the external expectations have been that the Lakers would eventually target former NBA player and current broadcaster JJ Redick as the team’s next coach. Former NBA player …

Lakers zeroing in on JJ Redick as front-runner to be next coach: Sources
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Lakers zeroing in on JJ Redick as front-runner to be next coach: Sources

New York Times  

The Los Angeles Lakers are zeroing in on JJ Redick as the front-runner to be the franchise’s next head coach, league and media industry sources told The Athletic. The Lakers’ search has been seriously focused on two candidates — Redick and Pelicans associate head coach James Borrego — over the last couple of weeks, league sources said. Multiple sources briefed …

Lakers coaching search picks up steam, James Borrego interviews today
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Lakers coaching search picks up steam, James Borrego interviews today

LA Times  

James Borrego, an assistant with New Orleans and a head coach with Charlotte, is set to interview for the Lakers head coaching job on Wednesday. New Orleans assistant coach James Borrego is scheduled for in-person meetings Wednesday at the Lakers’ practice facility related to the team’s head coaching vacancy, according to multiple people familiar with the plans but unauthorized to …

Lakers meet with JJ Redick, James Borrego, Sam Cassell as coaching interviews begin: Sources
7 months ago

Lakers meet with JJ Redick, James Borrego, Sam Cassell as coaching interviews begin: Sources

New York Times  

The Lakers hired JJ Redick to become their new head coach on June 20th, 2023. The Lakers have held formal meetings with JJ Redick, New Orleans Pelicans associate head coach James Borrego and Boston Celtics assistant coach Sam Cassell over the past several days, according to those sources. The Lakers are infatuated with Redick’s potential, according to league sources, viewing …

Letters to Sports: Lakers need to clean house after playoff exit?
7 months, 1 week ago

Letters to Sports: Lakers need to clean house after playoff exit?

LA Times  

Let me get this straight. Kelly Mark Ritchie Calabasas :: You filled your letters column last week with clueless expressions and a laughable minuscule “Sports Report” poll blaming LeBron James for the Lakers’ first-round exit. Ray McKown Torrance :: Why even waste time and print space covering the Lakers’ coaching search? Michael Forrest Porter Ranch :: If, as Bill Plaschke …

Lakers newsletter: Who will be the next coach?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Lakers newsletter: Who will be the next coach?

LA Times  

Hi, I’m Dan Woike, and welcome back to the Lakers newsletter, where things don’t stop just because the games have. Since the Lakers’ season ended in Denver, the team made a coaching change, the roster went through exit interviews and the organization has begun looking forward toward a huge summer. It didn’t take extensive conversations with Lakers sources to understand …

Lakers’ next coach? Here’s a rundown of the potential candidates
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Lakers’ next coach? Here’s a rundown of the potential candidates

LA Times  

Former Clippers guard JJ Redick, chatting with official Nick Buchert in Orlando this past season, has been linked to the coaching vacancy in Charlotte. Golden State assistant Kenny Atkinson was a finalist for the job two summers ago and impressed some in the front office during the Lakers’ last coaching search. Former Portland coach Terry Stotts has been high on …

Timeline of Lakers’ coaching history over past 12 seasons
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Timeline of Lakers’ coaching history over past 12 seasons

New York Times  

Being the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers comes with ample pressure and scrutiny based on the market alone. Darvin Ham, who led the Lakers to the playoffs in both of his two seasons at the helm in Los Angeles, was the latest coach to fall short of the franchise’s expectations. Bryant played just six games the following season in …

Who could Lakers target as next head coach? Redick, Budenholzer, Lue among top options
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Who could Lakers target as next head coach? Redick, Budenholzer, Lue among top options

New York Times  

The Los Angeles Lakers fired head coach Darvin Ham on Friday, league sources confirmed to The Athletic. Multiple team and league sources indicated he was unlikely to return given the Lakers’ eighth-place finish in the regular season and first-round exit to the same Nuggets team that swept them in last season’s Western Conference finals. The Lakers hired Ham in May …

UConn’s Dan Hurley at the pinnacle of his career, joining legends like Wooden, Krzyzewski
8 months, 2 weeks ago

UConn’s Dan Hurley at the pinnacle of his career, joining legends like Wooden, Krzyzewski

Associated Press  

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Dan Hurley provided his usual histrionics in Monday night’s title game, screaming and pleading with officials, stalking around in front of the bench, and trading chest bumps with assistant coaches in the final minutes when it became clear that UConn was about to win its second straight national championship. UConn head coach Dan Hurley hugs forward Alex …

AP source: Lakers choose Darvin Ham as next head coach
2 years, 6 months ago

AP source: Lakers choose Darvin Ham as next head coach

The Independent  

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Lakers hiring of Darvin Ham is nuts — or maybe perfect
2 years, 6 months ago

Lakers hiring of Darvin Ham is nuts — or maybe perfect

LA Times  

Darvin Ham yells instruction to a player while filling in for coach Mike Budenholzer, who had contracted COVID-19, last season. At first glance, the hiring of former bench warmer and anonymous assistant Darvin Ham as the Lakers’ new head coach Friday appears to be nuts. Lakers How Darvin Ham landed the Lakers’ head coaching job The Lakers have hired Milwaukee …

Lakers receive permission to interview Bucks assistant Darvin Ham
2 years, 7 months ago

Lakers receive permission to interview Bucks assistant Darvin Ham

LA Times  

Darvin Ham watches the Bucks play in Charlotte when he was acting head coach after Mike Budenholzer entered COVID-19 health and safety protocols in January. The Lakers have been given permission to interview Milwaukee Bucks assistant coach Darvin Ham, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to the Los Angeles Times on Friday afternoon. Long regarded as one of …

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