UConn’s Geno Auriemma sets all-time college basketball wins record
CNN
Geno Auriemma, the longtime Connecticut Huskies head women’s basketball coach surpassed the recently retired Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer for most wins as a head coach in women’s or men’s college basketball history.
Geno Auriemma sits alone at the top. The longtime Connecticut Huskies head women’s basketball coach notched career win No. 1,217 after No. 2 UConn’s dominant 85-41 home victory against the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights on Wednesday. Auriemma surpassed the recently retired Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer for most wins as a head coach in women’s or men’s college basketball history. Plans to celebrate Auriemma – as well as his longtime assistant, associate head coach Chris Dailey – had been in the works in preparation for this night. Everyone who played for Auriemma and Dailey were invited back to campus to celebrate both coaches. Both are in their 40th season with the Huskies. Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore, Napheesa Collier, Rebecca Lobo and Kelly Faris were some of the former greats at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut.