High school coaches have taken over men’s Final Four, and they wouldn’t have it any other way

GLENDALE, AZ — Before Danny Hurley pursued history as the head coach of the UConn Huskies, he taught the subject back at St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark.

“I’ve been a high school teacher that taught world history starting with the collapse of the Roman Empire, mostly focused on European history,” Hurley said ahead of the 2024 men’s Final Four. “From the Dark Ages all the way through to the Reformation.”

That wasn’t the only thing he taught.

“I’ve also taught driver’s ed, health, sex ed to coed classes at St. Anthony,” he continued. “Being able to teach sex ed at St. Anthony, coed classes, at 22 years

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