Bobby Hurley

Bobby Hurley is exactly my kind of basketball figure. A Jersey City product who ran the point for Duke's back-to-back champions, he was never the loudest scorer but the brain that made everyone else better, the unanimous All-American floor general. At 183 cm he won with vision and tempo rather than sheer size, which I admire far more than highlight-reel flash. What deepens my respect is the second act: pivoting from the pro game into coaching at Buffalo and Arizona State. There's something genuinely honorable about a man who reached the summit as a player and then chose to spend his life lifting up the next generation.

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Name (English)

Bobby Hurley

Name (Japanese)

ボビー・ハーリー

Reading

ぼびー・はーりー

Born

June 28, 1971 (age 55)

Origin

Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

Height

183 cm

Occupation

basketball player / basketball coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Boar

High school

St. Anthony High School

University

Duke University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby%20Hurley
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1626464

Tags

• New Jersey
• basketball player
• basketball coach

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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