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UConn’s Geno Auriemma Ties NCAA Division I CBB Wins Document with Victory vs. UNC

Zach Bachar Contributor I November 16, 2024 Ben Solomon/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Legendary UConn women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma made history on Friday night. The Huskies defeated North Carolina by the final score of 69-58, marking Auriemma’s 1,216th career victory. It tied him with former Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer for the NCAA

UConn’s Geno Auriemma Ties NCAA Division I CBB Wins Document with Victory vs. UNC

Zach BacharContributor INovember 16, 2024

CLEVELAND, OHIO - APRIL 5: Head coach Geno Auriemma of the UConn Huskies looks on against the Iowa Hawkeyes during the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Final Four semifinal game at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on April 5, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Ben Solomon/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

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Legendary UConn girls’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma made historical past on Friday night time.

The Huskies defeated North Carolina by the ultimate rating of 69-58, marking Auriemma’s 1,216th profession victory. It tied him with former Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer for the NCAA Division I profession file, by way of the Related Press (h/t ESPN).

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Geno Auriemma ties Tara VanDerveer for many wins (1,216) as a D-I head coach in school basketball historical past 🔥 pic.twitter.com/dTNqIMJ8s9

UConn improved to 3-0 with the win because the group begins to pursue its first NCAA Match championship beneath Auriemma since 2016.

The 70-year-old is beginning his fortieth season with the Huskies, proudly owning a profession file of 1,216-162 following Friday’s victory.

Auriemma beforehand reached 1,200 profession wins in the course of the 2023-24 season, turning into the third coach to achieve the milestone whereas additionally reaching it the quickest. Former Duke males’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski is the one different member of the membership that features Auriemma and VanDerveer.

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The Huskies coach ought to be capable to construct upon the file as soon as he ultimately achieves it, as Krzyzewski retired in 2022. VanDerveer additionally announced her retirement following the 2023-24 season.

Auriemma has led UConn to immense success since he took over as head coach in 1985, recording 11 championships and 23 appearances within the Closing 4 throughout his tenure with the varsity.

By way of particular person accolades, he has eight Naismith Nationwide Coach of the Yr wins beneath his belt and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame in 2006.

Auriemma’s first alternative to interrupt the file will come on Wednesday when the Huskies host Fairleigh Dickinson. Tip-off is at 7 p.m. ET.

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