21 Facts About Bobby Hurley

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Robert Matthew Hurley was born on June 28,1971 and is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Arizona State Sun Devils.

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Bobby Hurley was previously the head coach at the University at Buffalo.

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3.

Bobby Hurley is the all-time leader in assists in NCAA basketball.

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4.

Bobby Hurley played in the National Basketball Association for the Sacramento Kings and Vancouver Grizzlies from 1993 to 1998.

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5.

Bobby Hurley was a point guard for coach Mike Krzyzewski's Duke University team from 1989 to 1993.

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Bobby Hurley was a first-team All-American in 1993, went to the Final Four three times, and helped lead the Blue Devils to back-to-back national championships in 1991 and 1992 with All American teammates Christian Laettner and Grant Hill, earning Final Four Most Outstanding Player honors in 1992.

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7.

Bobby Hurley remains the NCAA all-time assists leader with 1076 assists, and Duke's single game assist leader with 16.

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8.

In 2002, Bobby Hurley was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team as one of the fifty greatest players in Atlantic Coast Conference history.

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9.

In 2006, Bobby Hurley, who is of Polish descent through his mother, was inducted into the National Polish American Sports Hall of Fame.

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10.

At Duke, Bobby Hurley was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.

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11.

Coincidentally, Bobby Hurley played against his younger brother Dan in an NCAA Tournament game, when Duke squared off against Seton Hall.

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12.

Bobby Hurley was selected by the Sacramento Kings as the seventh pick in the 1993 NBA draft.

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13.

Bobby Hurley signed a shoe contract with a new shoe company ITZ, which was sold at Foot Locker exclusively.

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14.

On December 12,1993 while Bobby Hurley was returning home following a game in his rookie season, he was involved in a car accident.

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15.

Bobby Hurley was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from his vehicle, and suffered severe life-threatening injuries.

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16.

Kings teammate Mike Peplowski was driving five minutes behind Bobby Hurley and was among the first on the scene to render immediate aid.

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17.

Bobby Hurley was traded to the Vancouver Grizzlies on February 18,1998, and played in 27 games for the Grizzlies.

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18.

Bobby Hurley was hired as a scout by the Philadelphia 76ers in 2003.

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19.

Fan of thoroughbred horse racing, Bobby Hurley owned Songandaprayer who won the 2001 Fountain of Youth Stakes.

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20.

Dan Bobby Hurley had been hired as Wagner's head coach on April 6,2010.

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21.

On March 26,2013, Bobby Hurley was named the head coach of the Buffalo Bulls, replacing Reggie Witherspoon.

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