DAN HURLEY FILE

AGE: 45 ROOTS: Native of Jersey City, N.J. FAMILY: Wife Andrea, sons Danny and Andrew; father Bob Sr., Hall of Famer, former coach at St. Anthony Prep in Jersey City; brother, Bobby, All-American point guard at Duke, head coach at Arizona State EDUCATION: 1996 graduate of Seton Hall

COACHING RESUME: Last six years at Rhode Island, two seasons at Wagner (2010-12), nine years at St. Benedict’s Prep, Newark, N.J. (2001-2010), Rutgers assistant coach (1997-2001), assistant at St. Anthony (1996-97) under his dad

QUOTABLE: “He knows how to build a program and rebuild one in this case. It’s a perfect job for him and perfect selection for UConn.”

— George Blaney, Hurley’s coach at Seton Hall and former UConn assistant “Danny is one of the best young coaches not only in the northeast but the country.”

— Tom Moore, former URI and UConn assistant who will return to Storrs with Hurley

NOTEWORTHY: 19th coach in program history, first hire outside of UConn basketball family since Calhoun took over in 1986 . ... Went from winning eight games first season at URI to at least 25 in last two . ... Averaged 22 wins in last four seasons . ... Only URI coach to win in consecutive NCAA trips, beating Creighton in 2017 and Oklahoma in 2018. Eliminated by Duke last weekend . ... Set a program record for wins (25) at Wagner. ... Scored 1,070 career points at Seton Hall . ... Teamed with older brother Bobby to win a high school national championship in 1989 . ... Hurley one year older than Calhoun when the former Northeastern coach was hired at UConn . ... Once roomed with Calhoun’s son, Jeff, at Five Star basketball camp . ... Big believer in importance of practice time and player development . ... Demanding, driven, defensive-minded coach .. ... Regularly practices meditation and yoga.