Bobby Hurley

Bobby Hurley

Hurley coaching in 2019
Arizona State Sun Devils
Position	Head coach
League	Big 12 Conference
Personal information
Born	(1971-06-28) June 28, 1971 Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school	St. Anthony (Jersey City, New Jersey)
College	Duke (1989–1993)
NBA draft	1993: 1st round, 7th overall pick
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Playing career	1993–1998
Position	Point guard
Number	7, 11
Coaching career	2010–present
Career history
As player:
1993–1998	Sacramento Kings
1998	Vancouver Grizzlies
As coach:
2010–2012	Wagner (assistant)
2012–2013	Rhode Island (associate HC)
2013–2015	Buffalo
2015–present	Arizona State
Career highlights and awards
As player: 2× NCAA champion (1991, 1992) NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1992) Consensus first-team All-America (1993) Third-team All-American – AP, UPI (1992) First-team All-ACC (1993) Second-team All-ACC (1992) Third-team All-ACC (1991) No. 11 retired by Duke Blue Devils NCAA assists leader McDonald's All-American MVP (1989) First-team Parade All-American (1989) Fourth-team Parade All-American (1988) As head coach: MAC tournament champion (2015) MAC regular season champion (2015) 2× MAC East Division champion (2014, 2015)
Career statistics
Points	1,032 (3.8 ppg)
Rebounds	283 (1.1 rpg)
Assists	880 (3.3 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Men's basketball Representing United States Goodwill Games 1990 Seattle National team Summer Universiade 1991 Sheffield National team

Robert Matthew Hurley (born June 28, 1971) is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Arizona State Sun Devils. He was previously the head coach at the University at Buffalo.

As a college senior, he was a unanimous first-team All-America for the Duke Blue Devils, with whom he won consecutive national championships. He is the all-time leader in assists in NCAA basketball. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Sacramento Kings and Vancouver Grizzlies from 1993 to 1999.

Early life

Hurley was born to Bob Hurley Sr. and Christine Hurley on June 28, 1971, in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he was raised with his siblings Dan and Melissa.

Playing career

Hurley in high school, circa 1988

Hurley was a basketball star at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, where his father was the longtime coach. While at St. Anthony from 1985 to 1989, Hurley led the team to four consecutive Parochial B state titles. In his senior year he averaged 20 points, 8 assists and 3 steals, as St. Anthony racked up a 32–0 record, the school's first Tournament of champions crown, and the No. 1 ranking in the United States. In his high school career the team's overall record with Hurley as point guard was 115–5.

Duke

Hurley was a point guard for coach Mike Krzyzewski's Duke University team from 1989 to 1993. He was a first-team All-America in 1993, went to the Final Four three times, and helped lead the Blue Devils to back-to-back national championships in 1991 and 1992 with All American teammates Christian Laettner and Grant Hill, earning Final Four Most Outstanding Player honors in 1992. Hurley remains the NCAA all-time assists leader with 1076 assists, and Duke's single game assist leader with 16 (against Florida State on February 24, 1993). His Duke jersey number 11 was retired in 1993. In 2002, Hurley was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team as one of the fifty greatest players in Atlantic Coast Conference history. In 2006, Hurley, who is of Polish descent through his mother, was inducted into the National Polish American Sports Hall of Fame. At Duke, Hurley was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. Coincidentally, Bobby Hurley played against his younger brother Dan in an NCAA Tournament game, when Duke squared off against Seton Hall.

Hurley appeared in the 1994 feature film Blue Chips, where he played for the Indiana team under coach Bobby Knight.

NBA

Hurley was selected by the Sacramento Kings as the seventh pick in the 1993 NBA draft. He signed a shoe contract with a new shoe company ITZ (In The Zone), which was sold at Foot Locker exclusively.

On December 12, 1993, while Hurley was returning home following a game in his rookie season, he was involved in a car accident. His SUV was broadsided by a station wagon. Hurley was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from his vehicle, and suffered life-threatening injuries. Kings teammate Mike Peplowski was driving five minutes behind Hurley and was among the first on the scene to render immediate aid.

Hurley returned to the NBA for the 1994–95 season and played four more years beyond that. He was traded to the Vancouver Grizzlies on February 18, 1998, and played in 27 games for the Grizzlies. Hurley was waived by the Grizzlies on January 25, 1999.

Coaching

Hurley was hired as a scout by the Philadelphia 76ers in 2003.

On April 13, 2010, Wagner College announced that Hurley was hired as an assistant coach for the men's basketball team. Hurley joined his younger brother Dan Hurley's coaching staff. Dan Hurley had been hired as Wagner's head coach on April 6, 2010. In 2012, the Hurleys took coaching positions at Rhode Island.

On March 26, 2013, Hurley was named the head coach of the University of Buffalo (Buffalo Bulls), replacing Reggie Witherspoon. Hurley coached the 2014–15 Bulls team to their first NCAA tournament appearance.

On April 9, 2015, Hurley was hired as head coach at Arizona State. In his first conference game with the Sun Devils, he gained notoriety when he got ejected for 2 technical fouls in 15 seconds for arguing with the officials against the rival Arizona Wildcats. After he got ejected, he encouraged the crowd to continue to taunt the officials. Following a 15–17 first season at Arizona State, Hurley's contract was extended through 2021.

The 2016–2017 season showed improvements and ASU improved its roster with transfers and a few recruits.

In the 2017–2018 season Hurley would lead Arizona State to their first 12–0 start and sweep their non-conference schedule. Along the way, ASU beat Top-10 teams Kansas and Xavier and were ranked #3 by the Associated Press. Despite their early success, the Sun Devils struggled mightily in Pac-12 conference play, going only 8–10 and earning the 9th seed in the Pac-12 tournament, where they were defeated in the first round by the 8th seeded Colorado Buffaloes. Nevertheless, ASU still earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament and faced Syracuse in a First Four matchup in Dayton. The Orange then beat the Sun Devils 60–56, thus ending their season. Hurley's squad finished 20–12.

On December 22, 2018, Hurley led the Sun Devils to its first home win (and second win ever) against a #1 NCAA ranked team when they defeated the Kansas Jayhawks.

Horse Racing

A fan of thoroughbred horse racing, Hurley owned Songandaprayer who won the 2001 Fountain of Youth Stakes. He was also co-owner with breeder with Nik Visger. In December 2009 he was sued by PNC Bank for defaulting on a $1 million loan that was used to purchase Songandaprayer, who was trained by Eddie Plesa Jr. He owns Devil Eleven Stables, which went into foreclosure in 2010, and was sold in 2011.

Personal life

Hurley married Leslie Palceski on November 2, 1995. They have two daughters and a son: Cameron, Sydney, and Bobby.

In May 1992, he was arrested and charged with drunk driving in Durham County, North Carolina. He pleaded guilty later that month to a lesser charge of careless and reckless driving and was given a six-month suspended sentence, a $500 fine and a 90-day suspension of his driver's license.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Buffalo Bulls (Mid-American Conference) (2013–2015)
2013–14	Buffalo	19–10	13–5	1st (East)
2014–15	Buffalo	23–10	12–6	T–1st (East)	NCAA Division I Round of 64
Buffalo:		42–20 (.677)	25–11 (.694)
Arizona State Sun Devils (Pac-12 Conference) (2015–present)
2015–16	Arizona State	15–17	5–13	11th
2016–17	Arizona State	15–18	7–11	8th
2017–18	Arizona State	20–12	8–10	T–8th	NCAA Division I First Four
2018–19	Arizona State	23–11	12–6	2nd	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2019–20	Arizona State	20–11	11–7	T–3rd
2020–21	Arizona State	11–14	7–10	9th
2021–22	Arizona State	14–17	10–10	8th
2022–23	Arizona State	23–13	11–9	T–5th	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2023–24	Arizona State	14–18	8–12	T–9th
2024–25	Arizona State	9–2	0–0
Arizona State:		164–133 (.552)	79–88 (.473)
Total:		206–153 (.574)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

See also

• List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career assists leaders

External links

• Buffalo Bulls bio
• NBA bio