The well-respected Field of 68 on Tuesday published its predictions about upcoming coaching vacancies in college basketball, and a couple of mentions had to have perked the senses of the UConn faithful.

No, Dan Hurley likely isn’t going anywhere. But a couple of his assistants received mentions as names that could be discussed for openings on campuses when this season ends.

The report took a thorough look at which jobs already are open, which coaches are “trending out,” which have a future that “doesn’t look good,” which jobs are a toss up to come open and which coaches could retire.

Among the “trending out” was Jeff Capel at Pitt, and Field of 68 theorized that South Florida’s Bryan Hodgson, Michigan assistant Mike Boynton and George Mason coach Tony Skinn could be candidates. The report added to “keep an eye on UConn assistant Kimani Young.”

And a second UConn assistant, Luke Murray, could be on the radar at Boston College if Earl Grant is fired. Grant fit under the “doesn’t look good” scenario.

Merrimack’s Joe Gallo, James Jones of Yale and Matt Langel of Colgate were mentioned as candidates, but Field of 68 added that “one interesting name could be UConn assistant Luke Murray, especially if his dad, Bill, could help in the NIL department.”

Young has been at UConn since the 2018-19 season, first as an assistant coach and as the associate head coach since 2020.

He began his career as the athletic director of a nonprofit organization in New York and held roles with additional community groups in the city. He broke into the college ranks as the video coordinator at St. John’s in the 2008-09 season, then spent a season at Florida International before working on Richard Pitino’s staff at Minnesota from 2013-18.

At UConn, he has been called upon for scouting, recruiting and player development. He is noted especially for working with guards who have included All-Big East selections Cam Spencer and Stephon Castle, as well as All-American Tristen Newton.

He is known as a stellar recruiter, particularly in his native New York and New Jersey.

Murray chose a different career path from his father, actor Bill Murray and his actor uncles, Brian Doyle Murray and Joel Murray. He has been on Hurley’s staff since the 2021-22 season but has been with the head coach longer than that.

UConn is the ninth stop in his basketball career, which has taken him from his first job as director of operations at Quinnipiac in the 2007-08 season to Post to Arizona to Wagner to Towson to Rhode Island to Xavier to Louisville and finally to UConn.

He served as an assistant coach to Hurley at Wagner (2010-11) and Rhode Island (2013-15) before joining him with the Huskies.

Murray has taken a lead role as a recruiter and mentor for the post players. The Huskies led the nation in blocked shots in 2024-25.

The players he has helped to recruit and develop include All-American Adama Sanogo as well as Donovan Clingan and Alex Karaban. He also was the lead recruiter in bringing Clingan and McDonald’s All-Americans Liam McNeeley, Braylon Mullins and Eric Reibe to Storrs.

These possible moves are just speculation at this point, but it’s worth watching developments as jobs open up in the next few weeks. The Huskies' success has earned these coaches a look.

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