Alabama head coach Nate Oats watches his team practice ahead of a Final Four college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament, Friday, April 5, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. UConn plays Alabama on Saturday. UConn head coach Dan Hurley speaks to the media during a news conference ahead of a Final Four college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament, Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. UConn plays Alabama on Saturday.
“I realized I could stay here and be a very successful basketball coach and be happy with it,” Oats said. “Seems like every time you kind of get that way in life, a pretty good opportunity comes up.” “Some of the best coaches in the world are high school guys,” Keatts said. “They’re doing the same thing we’re doing, but don’t make a lot of money doing it. They do it for the love of the game and I think that’s what’s special about it.”He grew up in an ultra-competitive environment with his father and brother, former Duke point guard and current Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley. Dan Hurley played three seasons at Seton Hall before starting his career at Saint Benedict’s.
Keatts began his coaching career as an assistant at Southwestern Michigan College in 1996 before taking a job at Hargrave. He spent two years as an assistant, became the head coach and returned to Hargrave after a two-year run as an assistant at Marshall.Keatts went on to coach under Rick Pitino at Louisville, became the head coach at North Carolina-Wilmington and has been the Wolfpack’s head coach since 2017.
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