Dan Hurley is the head men’s basketball coach at the University of Connecticut. He won back-to-back NCAA championships in 2023 and 2024. He tells his story and shares his leadership philosophies in his new book Never Stop: Life, Leadership, and What It Takes to Be Great, written with Ian O’Connor. Read my review of the book here.
Here are 20 of Hurley’s leadership lessons from the book:
- Teaching them to be disciplined, to grow their minds as students while also growing their games, to build great relationships and be passionate about life. That’s me caring about them.
- I wanted to teach as much as I could, as quickly as I could, mature them and get them ready for the big, bad world.
- It was always also about giving them the mental toughness they need to be successful.
- I try to be a role model for my players—in every way. I walk it before I ever talk it. That’s a big reason why I get the buy-in.