Adam Zagoria covers basketball at all levels. He is the author of two books and an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Sports Illustrated, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. –– Rhode Island officials met this week with Wagner head coach Dan Hurley and athletic director Thorr Bjorn is looking to end the search by the Final Four, industry sources told SNY.tv.
Hurley, 39, just completed his second season at the Staten Island school, turning around a program that went 5-26 two years ago and leading it to a 25-6 campaign.
Wagner lost in the Northeast Conference semifinals to Robert Morris and was not extended an NIT bid. The school declined opportunities to play in other postseason events.
Hurley and his wife, Andrea, have two sons and have long been deeply rooted to their home in New Jersey.
Yet the opportunity for a higher-paying, higher-profile job could be too much to pass up.
Hurley stands to make up to five times more at Rhode Island than he does at Wagner.
The median salary for men’s basketball coaches in the Atlantic 10 is reportedly about $750,000 per year, and Wagner likely would be unable to match that.
According to GoLocalProv.com, Rhode Island is also considering former Rams coach Al Skinner, Kansas assistant coach Joe Dooley and Drexel’s James “Bruiser” Flint, who has a connection to Thorr from their time at UMass.
Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. –– Rhode Island officials met this week with Wagner head coach Dan Hurley and athletic director Thorr Bjorn is looking to end the search by the Final Four, industry sources told SNY.tv.
Hurley, 39, just completed his second season at the Staten Island school, turning around a program that went 5-26 two years ago and leading it to a 25-6 campaign.
Wagner lost in the Northeast Conference semifinals to Robert Morris and was not extended an NIT bid. The school declined opportunities to play in other postseason events.
Hurley and his wife, Andrea, have two sons and have long been deeply rooted to their home in New Jersey.
Yet the opportunity for a higher-paying, higher-profile job could be too much to pass up.
Hurley stands to make up to five times more at Rhode Island than he does at Wagner.
The median salary for men’s basketball coaches in the Atlantic 10 is reportedly about $750,000 per year, and Wagner likely would be unable to match that.
According to GoLocalProv.com, Rhode Island is also considering former Rams coach Al Skinner, Kansas assistant coach Joe Dooley and Drexel’s James “Bruiser” Flint, who has a connection to Thorr from their time at UMass.
