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Dan Hurley

Psychology & Personal Growth

American college basketball coach and science journalist who writes about brain training, cognitive improvement, and personal performance.

Biography

Daniel S. Hurley (born January 16, 1973) is an American men's college basketball coach and the head coach of the UConn Huskies. He led UConn to consecutive NCAA Division I national championships in 2023 and 2024, and guided the Huskies to another title game appearance in 2026. He previously served as head coach at Rhode Island and Wagner.

Hurley is also a science journalist and the author of Smarter (2014). In that book and related work he uses vivid stories and personal experimentation to explore brain‑training programs and cognitive improvement, road‑testing commercial programs, learning the Renaissance lute, getting physically fit, and undergoing transcranial direct current stimulation, narrating these experiences with acid‑tongued wit.

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Books by Dan Hurley

Smarter
Smarter (2014) presents vivid stories and personal experiments to evaluate brain‑training programs and cognitive enhancement techniques, including transcranial direct current stimulation.