Well, he thought about it. He came to Pittsburgh. He took a few days. In the end, though, it seems Danny Hurley is going to continue following in his dad’s footsteps in becoming a high school coaching legend in New Jersey.

Hurley, who served as an assistant at Rutgers for four years, acknowledged that he has received other offers in the past, although this was the closest he has come to returning to coaching at the college level.

“I went out there and really thought long and hard about it because it’s a great program and Jamie Dixon is not your usual used-car salesman-type college guy,” Hurley said. “He’s a good family man and an excellent coach.”

I admit to hoping he would take the job. He is happy, though, coaching elite high school. The upside is that Coach Dixon — after trying to hire him for two years — probably has a good relationship and good will with the coach of one of the top prep high schools in the country. That can only help more in the future, even if Hurley chose not to become an assistant at Pitt.