Bob Hurley
Robert Emmet Hurley (born July 31, 1947) is an American basketball coach. At the now-closed St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, New Jersey, Hurley amassed 26 state championships in 39 years as a coach. On February 2, 2011, Hurley became the tenth coach in high school history to win 1,000 games. Five of his teams have gone undefeated.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 31, 1947 Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1972–2017 | St. Anthony HS |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 4 national 26 state (1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983–1991, 1993, 1995–1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2016) | |
| Awards | |
| USA Today National Coach of the Year (1989, 1996, 2008) Best Coach/Manager ESPY Award (2017) | |
| Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2010 (profile) | |
On April 5, 2010, he was announced as the only coach to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame that year and only the third high school coach in history to be so honored; he was formally inducted on August 13 of that year.
Hurley is the father of Bobby Hurley, a former All-American point guard at Duke and the head basketball coach at Arizona State, and Dan Hurley, the head coach of the University of Connecticut.