St. Anthony opened in 1952, and Hurley took over as head basketball coach in 1972. It didn't take long for him to turn the team into a state champion.

St. Anthony’s, a legendary high school in Long Beach, was in desperate need of a miracle at the turn of the 21st century.The school was foundering because of increased competition from Long … ...

Kathy, also 72, who retired from St. Anthony in 2010, remembered standing in the school’s business office one day and watching a mother pay for her child’s tuition in $5 and $10 bills.