Arizona State will not renew the contract of men’s basketball coach Bobby Hurley, the school announced on Wednesday, hours after it was eliminated from the Big 12 tournament in a 91-42 blowout to Iowa State.
Hurley was 185-167 in 11 seasons with the Sun Devils, but just 17-16 this season.
“Bobby Hurley has made incredible contributions to the sport of basketball, and that certainly includes many memorable moments during his time as our Head Coach,” Sun Devils athletics director Graham Rossini said in a statement. “While we will not be extending his contract, we are so grateful for the 11 years that Coach, Leslie, Cameron, Sydney, and Bobby Jr. spent with us at ASU. We wish Coach well moving forward and we are thankful for his leadership while at ASU.”
Hurley said after Wednesday’s loss, which was the largest margin of defeat in Big 12 tournament history, that he had no regrets over his 11 years with the Sun Devils.
“I don’t have any regrets,” Hurley said. “I laid it out all on the line to the best that I could every night. And I did it until the last buzzer sounded.”
Hurley led the Sun Devils to back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances, a first for the program since the 1980-81 seasons. At one point, he had Arizona State ranked third in the nation, and he recruited several players that have gone on to play professionally.
Then there are the memories that Hurley made away from the court.
“I grew up in a basketball household,” he said. “My dad impacted kids, and I watched it happen growing up and throughout my whole life. So the biggest thing is regardless of winning championships and all this other stuff, it’s about the relationships and the players I can coach. That means the most to me. But as far as wins and losses, like, my wife is going to be supporting me after this. My daughters love me. I have a granddaughter. My son was on staff with me; I got to share a whole season with him.
“That,” Hurley said, “it what means the most to me.”
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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