Bob Hurley

He also enjoyed a pretty impressive apprenticeship from Morgan Wooten at DeMathic Catholic High School.

I also worked for one of, well, there's only four high school coaches in to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame, one of which was a guest on the program a few weeks ago, Coach Bob Hurley.

I was an assistant coach in college at Loyola University in Chicago, and I guess I figured I'd have some of the similar luck that Mike Brey would have, and perhaps I would jump aboard a coaching staff after spending a few years with Coach Hurley.

Didn't really work out that way.

Coach Bray worked for Morgan Wooten and went to Duke University.

And I worked for Coach Bob Hurley Sr.

And I go to St. Leo University in Wesley Chapel, Florida.

But before we bring in Coach Bray, my coaching career almost didn't happen.

So they heard last year I came up here too late.

And then I wanted to tell you this, Cam, Coach Hurley said that y'all, y'all brothers from another because y'all both, uh, Bengal fans.

Yeah.

And so he did want me to tell you hello, so.

Yeah, man.

Tell Coach Hurley I know the vibes.

Jersey City, man, or whatever part of Jersey you from, man.

We right across the water from each other.

I listened to him on the way to school and I took it and I shared it with my class.

And that's something that I learned from one of the many lessons I learned from Coach Bob Hurley, who we were fortunate enough to have on the program a couple weeks ago.

Coach Hurley is essentially Robin Hood in that he steals from anyone he possibly can And he gives back to his players and his team and his coaching staff.

The greatest example of that was when we were on Long Island to play Long Island Lutheran, coached by John Buck.

Again, I'm an assistant coach at St. Anthony High School, one of the top teams in America, and we are stealing a drill from a junior varsity, a girls team.

The next day, we put it in.

It was one of the most stressful experiences of my life, having to put in a drill at St. Anthony High School in front of a future Hall of Famer, Bob Hurley.

But Mark, the glove, was able to explain it to me, and I put it in.

And a bunch of them lasted for one contract, never got to the second or third contract because it versus staying in college, grow up.

get physically developed, play for an idiot like me or Coach Hurley or any of these other crazy coaches and get yourself ready so when that opportunity does present itself.

I think we're close to getting a handle on it.

Yeah.

I think the things that lay the bedrock, that are the bedrock and lay the foundation are some of the questions that we asked today, and I think will make a difference over the course of a season, not necessarily which small-sided game you're going to run on the first day of practice.

Yeah, I mean, I've taken and built my philosophy from watching Bob Hurley, who's in the Hall of Fame, Morgan Wooten in the Hall of Fame, and Coach K.

Those are the three practices that I've seen the most in my life.

And if that's what they did, I figured that's probably what I should do.

And ahead of the field, Dwayne Holmes, no.

But Bob Hurley and the St. Anthony Friars have won their third Tournament of Champions title, defeating the Middletown Panthers 84-59.

Welcoming Bob to the Hall of Fame is Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski, class of 2001.

Ladies and gentlemen, Bob Hurley Sr.

From the studios of Parkland, Florida, and brought to you by Championship Productions and iHeartMedia, we welcome you to episode five of Let's Take a Look.

And today, we bring in one of only four high school coaches and the only probation officer to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Coach Bob Hurley Sr. has over 1,000 wins, 26 New Jersey State Championships, one of which I was a pretty small part of, 18 undefeated seasons, again, one of which I was a pretty small part of, the 2017 recipient of an ESPY award for best coach, and he is the author of two books, one of which, Divided Loyalties, The Diary of a Basketball Father, was published in 1993 and is the focus of today's episode of Let's Take a Look.

Phil Pepe of the New York Daily News co-wrote the book, and he details a year in the life of Bobby and Danny Hurley as seen through the eyes of their father.