Dan Hurley had the luxe life at St. Benedict’s.
He led a national prep powerhouse that traveled the country and churned out Division I prospects. He could have been a high school lifer and, maybe way down the road, a Hall of Famer like his dad.
Best of all for a basketball coach, losing was a rare disturbance, not a regular occurrence.
Not at Wagner.
In his first season as a college head coach, Hurley has a 4 a.m. wake-up call for a flight to Houston, a bus trip to College Station, Texas, then lunch at an IHOP before practice for the next night’s game at No. 25 Texas A&M. The rugged travel schedule was actually the highlight after the Aggies romped 86-51 to send the Seahawks to their fourth straight defeat – six fewer than Hurley lost over his last seven seasons at St. Benedict’s.
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