UConn has turned a key staff job into a front-office hire, naming Charlie Stevens as the program’s new general manager on Wednesday.
Stevens arrives in Storrs after five years with the San Antonio Spurs, where he climbed from a “Basketball Operations Assistant for Scouting and Strategy” to “Director of Grassroots Scouting.” In that stretch, he helped the Spurs identify talent that reached the NBA Finals this past June, including former Husky Stephon Castle.
The move gives UConn its first GM since Tom Moore, who held the role last season before retiring. Per the school’s release, Stevens will “work(ing) directly in concert with Coach Hurley on scheduling, roster construction, player development and evaluation, medical oversight, support staff oversight, NIL strategy and operations, development, administration, revenue generation and more.”
Stevens’ path to the job has been anything but linear. He played at Division III Clark University through his graduation in 2021, then worked as a player agent overseas before landing with San Antonio.
For Dan Hurley’s staff, the hire is about relieving pressure in a college basketball landscape that keeps piling on more responsibilities. Stevens is now the person tasked with handling a long list of those moving parts.
UConn also announced two promotions. Andrew Hurley is now Assistant General Manager, while Connor Creech has been elevated to Video Coordinator and Director of Analytics.
Andrew will work directly with Stevens. Creech will support the staff with video scouting and help bring more data analytics into the way UConn evaluates player performance and development on the floor. Both began their coaching careers as graduate assistants, with Andrew in 2024-25 and Creech in 2025-26.
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