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Geno Auriemma

Auriemma in 2023
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	UConn
Conference	Big East
Record	1,223–164 (.882)
Annual salary	$2.4 million
Biographical details
Born	(1954-03-23) March 23, 1954 (age 70) Montella, Italy
Alma mater	West Chester University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1977–1979	Bishop McDevitt High School (Assistant Varsity Coach / Head Junior Varsity Coach)
1978–1979	Saint Joseph's (assistant)
1979–1981	Bishop Kenrick HS (assistant)
1981–1985	Virginia (assistant)
1985–present	Connecticut
Head coaching record
Overall	1,223–164 (.882)
Tournaments	137–24 (NCAA Division I)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
11 NCAA Division I Tournament (1995, 2000, 2002–2004, 2009, 2010, 2013–2016) 23 NCAA Regional—Final Four (1991, 1995, 1996, 2000–2004, 2008–2022, 2024) 27 Conference tournament (20 Big East, 7 AAC) 28 Conference regular season (21 Big East, 7 AAC)
Awards
8× Naismith Coach of the Year (1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017) 7× WBCA National Coach of the Year (1997, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017) 9× AP Coach of the Year (1995, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017) 6× USBWA Women's National Coach of the Year (1995, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017) 12× Big East Coach of the Year (1989, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2008–2011, 2021, 2024) 6× AAC Coach of the Year (2014–2017, 2019–2020) John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award (2012) National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame (2007)
Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 (profile)
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medal record Coach for women’s basketball Representing  United States Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team 2012 London Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team FIBA World Championship 2010 Czech Republic 2014 Turkey FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2001 Czech Republic

Luigi "Geno" Auriemma (born March 23, 1954) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of the UConn Huskies women's basketball team. He holds the record for most wins (1,217) and highest winning percentage (.883) among college coaches with a minimum of 10 seasons, any level, men's or women's. Since becoming head coach in 1985, he has led UConn to 17 undefeated conference seasons (including eight consecutive), of which six were undefeated overall seasons, with 11 NCAA Division I national championships, the most in women's college basketball history, and has won eight national Naismith College Coach of the Year awards. Auriemma was the head coach of the United States women's national basketball team from 2009 through 2016, during which time his teams won the 2010 and 2014 World Championships, and gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, going undefeated in all four tournaments. Auriemma was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

Early life

Auriemma emigrated with his family from Montella in Southern Italy to Norristown, Pennsylvania when he was seven years old, and he spent the rest of his childhood there. Auriemma grew up poor, with his parents working low wage factory jobs. Auriemma had to teach himself English after coming to the United States. After graduating from West Chester University in 1977, Auriemma was hired as an assistant coach at Saint Joseph's University, where he worked in 1978 and 1979. Prior to coaching at Saint Joseph's University he began his career coaching women's basketball at Bishop McDevitt HS in Wyncote, Pennsylvania. He then took a two-year absence from college basketball, serving as an assistant coach at his former high school, Bishop Kenrick, before assuming an assistant coaching position with the University of Virginia Cavaliers women's team in 1981. Auriemma became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994 at the age of 40, noting in his autobiography that he finally decided to naturalize when his University of Connecticut team was slated to tour Italy that summer and he was concerned about potential problems, as he had never done any required national service in his birth country.

When he was growing up, his favorite team was the 1970s New York Knicks coached by Red Holzman.

For many years, Auriemma and his wife, Kathy, maintained a home in Avalon, New Jersey, to be near their parents in the Philadelphia area.

University of Connecticut career

Prior to Auriemma's arrival in 1985, the Huskies women's basketball team had posted only one winning season in its history. The decision to hire Auriemma was part of the university's commitment to better fund women's sports. Auriemma's was the final interview scheduled by the search staff. Most of the other candidates were highly qualified, and most were female. One of those included in the interview process was Chris Dailey, who would become Auriemma's assistant and is currently the associate head coach. Dailey was identified as the candidate most likely to receive an offer if Auriemma turned down the position.

Connecticut quickly rose to prominence after Auriemma was hired in August 1985. After finishing 12–15 in Auriemma's first season (his only losing season), the Huskies notched their first-ever 20-win season, first conference title and first NCAA Tournament appearance. Connecticut has finished above .500 for 33 consecutive seasons, including six undefeated seasons (1994–95, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14, and 2015–16) and three NCAA record streaks of 111, 90 and 70 consecutive wins. On December 21, 2010, Auriemma led UConn to its 89th consecutive victory, one more than the all-time NCAA men's wins record of 88 held by UCLA; the streak ended at 90 wins. The Huskies subsequently broke their own record with an 111-game winning streak that began in 2014 and ended in 2017. They have also appeared in every NCAA Tournament since 1989–as of the end of the 2023–24 season, the third-longest active consecutive appearances streak in Division I.

At the end of the 2014–15 season, Auriemma's record as a head coach was 917–134, for an 87.3 winning percentage. That winning percentage is the highest among Division I active coaches. His career at UConn also includes 20 seasons with 30 or more wins. UConn has won eleven national championships under Auriemma (1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016) and made the Final Four 23 times (1991, 1995, 1996, 2000–2004, 2008–2019, 2021, 2022, 2024). Auriemma has also guided UConn to 21 conference regular season titles and 20 conference tournament titles. They lost 17 conference games in the last two decades of play in the Big East Conference, and have never lost a conference game since the old Big East reorganized as the American Athletic Conference in 2013.

With the win in 2016, Auriemma passed UCLA men's coach John Wooden for most college basketball championships, and the Huskies became the first Division I women's basketball team to win four straight national championships.

The team has been especially successful on its home court in the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion on the UConn campus in Storrs, Connecticut, and in the larger XL Center in Hartford; they tied an NCAA women's basketball record with 69 consecutive home wins between 2000 and 2003. That record was broken in 2011. The last home loss was to Villanova in the game that ended their 70-game winning streak. Moreover, between Auriemma's arrival and the close of the 2005 season, UConn won 295 games versus just 31 losses. The team set Big East Conference records for both single-game and season-long attendance.

Auriemma is also known for cultivating individual players, and the 13 multiple-All-America players whom Auriemma has coached —Rebecca Lobo, Jennifer Rizzotti, Kara Wolters, Nykesha Sales, Svetlana Abrosimova, Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Diana Taurasi, Tina Charles, Maya Moore, Stefanie Dolson, Bria Hartley and Breanna Stewart— have combined to win eight Naismith College Player of the Year awards, seven Wade Trophies, and nine NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player awards. The UConn athletics website also notes that, through 2006–07, every recruited freshman who has finished her eligibility at UConn has graduated with a degree.

Since achieving its first #1 ranking in the 1994–95 season, UConn under Auriemma is 186–10 when playing as the nation's #1 team. At the end of the 2009–10 season, he had a record of 127–52 against top 25 opponents and a 57–35 record against top 10 opponents. He won his 600th game on New Year's Eve 2006, accomplishing the feat in 716 games, tying him with Phillip Kahler for the fastest women's basketball coach to reach that milestone. Auriemma won his 700th game on November 27, 2009, in 822 total games, becoming the fastest head coach to that milestone in the history of college basketball at any level, men or women. He is now one of eight active women's college basketball coaches to have 700 or more wins. Auriemma became the sixth coach in women's basketball history to reach 800 career victories on March 6, 2012, also reaching 800 career wins faster than any coach in the history of college basketball men or women at any division level in just 928 career games. On February 3, 2015, Auriemma notched his 900th victory in only 1,034 games, reaching this milestone also faster than any college coach in history. Auriemma was a member of the inaugural class (2006) of inductees to the University of Connecticut women's basketball Huskies of Honor recognition program. Auriemma's 2013–2018 salary is $10.9 million. Auriemma reached his 1,200th career win against Seton Hill on February 7, 2024.

Staged shot incident

Auriemma created controversy in 1998 when he arranged with Villanova coach Harry Perretta to orchestrate a shot at the beginning of their scheduled game. University of Connecticut's top player, Nykesha Sales, was two points short of breaking the team record for most points in a career when she ruptured her right Achilles tendon in the second to last game of the season against Notre Dame. When the following game, against Villanova, began, Villanova players allowed Connecticut to win the tip off and then pass the ball down to Sales who was standing underneath the basket. She laid the ball in to break the record. Connecticut players then stood back and allowed Villanova an uncontested layup of their own before beginning regular play.

Rivalries

The rivalry between the Huskies and the University of Tennessee Lady Vols extended to Auriemma's relationship with Volunteers counterpart Pat Summitt. The two, through print and broadcast media, were often at odds. At the end of the 2009–10 season, Auriemma had slightly surpassed Summitt among active Division I coaches for career winning percentage, with Auriemma at 85.8 and Summitt at 84.1. In 2007, Summitt, who believed Auriemma had used less-than-honorable tactics in his successful recruitment of Maya Moore, canceled the yearly game between the two programs. After Summitt announced her diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer's disease in 2011, the two mended their relationship, with Auriemma donating ten thousand dollars to Summitt's Alzheimer's foundation. Summitt retired in 2012 and died in 2016.

Former UConn men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun has been called Auriemma's "unfriendly rival", and he once mocked the women's team's fan base as the "world's largest nursing home." When asked about their relationship in 2001, Auriemma said, "Jim has a problem with anyone else's success, not just ours. Do we get along? No, but we don't have to."

United States women's national basketball team

Auriemma was named head coach of the US women's team that competed in the Junior World Championship in Brno, Czech Republic in July 2001. The team won its first five games, including a record-setting win against Mali. The 97–27 final score represented the largest margin of victory by a USA team in Junior World Championship history. The preliminary round results qualified the team for the medal rounds, where they faced the host team, the Czech Republic. With a home crowd cheering them on, the Czech team won 92–88 and went on to beat Russia 82–80 to win the gold medal. The US team beat Australia 77–72 to win the bronze medal. Diana Taurasi was the leading scorer for the US with 19.3 points per game, while Alana Beard was close behind with 18.0 points per game. Nicole Powell was the leading rebounder for the US, with seven rebounds per game.

Auriemma was named head coach of the US women's national team in preparation for competition in the 2010 World Championships and 2012 Olympics. Because many team members were still playing in the WNBA until just prior to the World Championship, the team had only one day of practice with the entire team before leaving for Ostrava and Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. Despite this, the team won its first game against Greece by 26 points. The team continued to dominate with victory margins exceeding 20 points in the first five games. Several players shared scoring honors, with Swin Cash, Angel McCoughtry, Maya Moore, Diana Taurasi, Lindsay Whalen, and Sylvia Fowles all ending as high scorer in the first few games. The sixth game was against undefeated Australia — the USA jumped out to a 24-point lead and won 83–75. Team USA won its next two games by over 30 points, then faced the host team, the Czech Republic, in the championship game. They had a five-point lead at halftime, which was cut to three points, but the Czechs never got closer. Team USA won the championship and gold medal. At the 2012 Olympics, Auriemma's team went 8–0 and won the gold medal game over France 86–50. Their closest match of the Olympics – and the only game in which their margin of victory was less than 25 points – was an 86–73 win in the semi-finals over eventual Bronze Medal winner Australia.

Auriemma was again named head coach of the US women's basketball team for the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women and the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the 2014 World Championship, his team went 6–0 and won the gold medal, outscoring their opponents 553–380 over the six games – an average margin of victory of almost 30 points per game.

Head coaching record

1. Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic

Other activities

During the college basketball offseason, Auriemma serves as an analyst for games of the Women's National Basketball Association broadcast on the American cable television networks ESPN and ESPN2, in which he often critiques his former players.

Auriemma is close friends with former Saint Joseph's University basketball head coach Phil Martelli and his son, Mike Auriemma, attended and played basketball at Saint Joseph's.

Auriemma served as an assistant coach to the gold medalist 2000 U.S. Olympic Team. On April 15, 2009, he was selected to lead USA Basketball Women's National Team in the 2010 FIBA World Championship in the Czech Republic and the London 2012 Summer Olympics.

Auriemma is a member of the Board of Directors of the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund.

Auriemma is a member of the board of directors at Connecticut Children's Foundation, Inc. and hosts a charity series of events, Geno for the Kids, every year benefiting Connecticut Children's Medical Center.

Auriemma has parlayed his heritage and his love of Italian cuisine into lines of wines and sauces along with several restaurants in Connecticut.

Awards and honors

1989

• Big East Conference Coach of the Year

1995

• USBWA National Coach of the Year
• Naismith College Coach of the Year
• Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year
• Big East Conference Coach of the Year (2)

1997

• WBCA National Coach of the Year
• Naismith College Coach of the Year (2)
• Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year (2)
• Big East Conference Coach of the Year (3)

2000

• WBCA National Coach of the Year (2)
• Naismith College Coach of the Year (3)
• Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year (3)
• Big East Conference Coach of the Year (4)

2002

• WBCA National Coach of the Year (3)
• Naismith College Coach of the Year (4)
• Big East Conference Coach of the Year (5)

2003

• USBWA National Coach of the Year (2)
• Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year (4)
• Big East Conference Coach of the Year (6)

2006

• Induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts
• Induction into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tennessee

2007

• Induction into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame

2008

• USBWA National Coach of the Year (3)
• WBCA National Coach of the Year (4)
• Naismith College Coach of the Year (5)
• Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year (5)
• Big East Conference Coach of the Year (7)

2009

• USBWA National Coach of the Year (4)
• WBCA National Coach of the Year (5)
• Naismith College Coach of the Year (6)
• Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year (6)
• Big East Conference Coach of the Year (8)

2010

• Big East Conference Coach of the Year (9)

2011

• Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year (7)
• Big East Conference Coach of the Year (10)

2012

• John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award

2014

• American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year
• Named one of ESPNW's Impact 25

2015

• American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year (2)

2016

• USBWA National Coach of the Year (5)
• WBCA National Coach of the Year (6)
• Naismith College Coach of the Year (7)
• Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year (8)
• American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year (3)

2017

• Premio ASI Italiani nel mondo
• USBWA National Coach of the Year (6)
• WBCA National Coach of the Year (7)
• Naismith College Coach of the Year (8)
• Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year (9)
• American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year (4)

2019

• American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year (5)

2020

• American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year (6)
• Great Immigrants Award honored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York

2021

• Big East Conference Coach of the Year (11)

2024

• Big East Conference Coach of the Year (12)

Records and achievements

• Most wins among NCAA basketball coaches, any level, men's or women's (1,217)
• Highest winning percentage among NCAA basketball coaches (minimum 10 seasons), any level, men's or women's (.883)
• Most NCAA Division I Championships, men's or women's (11)
• Most NCAA Division I Final Fours, men's or women's (23)
• Most NCAA Division I Elite Eights, men's or women's (28)
• Most NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen, men's or women's (31)
• Most NCAA Division I Tournament wins, men's or women's (137)
• Fastest coach to 800, 900, 1,000, 1,100 and 1,200 wins, any level, men's or women's
• With men's coaches Jim Calhoun (2004) and Kevin Ollie (2014), the only coaches at the same Division I school to win the men's and women's NCAA Tournaments in the same season

See also

• List of college women's basketball career coaching wins leaders

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Other references

• Auriemma, G.; MacMullan, J. (2006). Geno: In pursuit of Perfection. Warner Books. ISBN 0-446-57764-2.
• Grundy, Pamela (2005). Shattering the glass. New Press. ISBN 978-1-56584-822-1.
• Karmel, Terese (2005). Hoop Tales:UConn Huskies Women's Basketball (First ed.). Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 0-7627-3501-5.

External links

• Official website
• Connecticut profile Archived April 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

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v t e United States squad – 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women – Gold medal 4 Whalen 5 Jones 6 Bird 7 Dupree 8 McCoughtry 9 Appel 10 Catchings 11 Cash 12 Taurasi 13 Fowles 14 Moore 15 Charles Coach: Auriemma v t e United States women's basketball squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Gold medal 4 Whalen 5 Augustus 6 Bird 7 Moore 8 McCoughtry 9 Jones 10 Catchings 11 Cash 12 Taurasi 13 Fowles 14 Charles 15 Parker Coach: Auriemma v t e United States squad – 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women – Gold medal 4 Whalen 5 Augustus 6 Bird 7 Moore 8 McCoughtry 9 Sims 10 Stewart 11 Dupree 12 Taurasi 13 Ogwumike 14 Charles 15 Griner Coach: Auriemma v t e United States women's basketball squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – Gold medal 4 Whalen 5 Augustus 6 Bird 7 Moore 8 McCoughtry 9 Stewart 10 Catchings 11 Delle Donne 12 Taurasi 13 Fowles 14 Charles 15 Griner Coach: Auriemma v t e Connecticut Huskies women's basketball 1994–95 NCAA champions 21 Jennifer Rizzotti 31 Carla Berube 33 Jamelle Elliott 42 Nykesha Sales 50 Rebecca Lobo (MOP) 52 Kara Wolters Head coach: Geno Auriemma Assistant coaches: Tonya Cardoza Chris Dailey v t e Connecticut Huskies women's basketball 1999–2000 NCAA champions 10 Sue Bird 11 Kelly Schumacher 15 Asjha Jones 20 Stacy Hansmeyer 25 Svetlana Abrosimova 32 Swin Cash 33 Shea Ralph (MOP) 34 Tamika Williams Head coach: Geno Auriemma Assistant coaches: Tonya Cardoza Chris Dailey Jamelle Elliott v t e Connecticut Huskies women's basketball 2001–02 NCAA champions 3 Diana Taurasi 10 Sue Bird 15 Asjha Jones 20 Morgan Valley 22 Ashley Battle 31 Jessica Moore 32 Swin Cash (MOP) 34 Tamika Williams Head coach: Geno Auriemma Assistant coaches: Tonya Cardoza Chris Dailey Jamelle Elliott v t e Connecticut Huskies women's basketball 2002–03 NCAA champions 3 Diana Taurasi (MOP) 20 Morgan Valley 22 Ashley Battle 31 Jessica Moore 33 Barbara Turner 43 Ann Strother Head coach: Geno Auriemma Assistant coaches: Tonya Cardoza Chris Dailey Jamelle Elliott v t e Connecticut Huskies women's basketball 2003–04 NCAA champions 3 Diana Taurasi (MOP) 20 Morgan Valley 22 Ashley Battle 31 Jessica Moore 33 Barbara Turner 43 Ann Strother Head coach Geno Auriemma v t e Connecticut Huskies women's basketball 2008–09 NCAA champions 3 Tiffany Hayes 5 Caroline Doty 12 Jessica McCormack 20 Renee Montgomery 22 Meghan Gardler 23 Maya Moore 31 Tina Charles (MOP) 32 Kalana Greene Head coach: Geno Auriemma Assistant coaches: Chris Dailey Jamelle Elliott Shea Ralph v t e Connecticut Huskies women's basketball 2009–10 NCAA champions 3 Tiffany Hayes 5 Caroline Doty 22 Meghan Gardler 23 Maya Moore (MOP) 31 Tina Charles 32 Kalana Greene 34 Kelly Faris Head coach: Geno Auriemma Assistant coaches: Chris Dailey Jamelle Elliott Marisa Moseley Shea Ralph v t e Connecticut Huskies women's basketball 2012–13 NCAA champions 3 Morgan Tuck 4 Moriah Jefferson 5 Caroline Doty 14 Bria Hartley 23 Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis 30 Breanna Stewart (MOP) 31 Stefanie Dolson 34 Kelly Faris 41 Kiah Stokes Head coach: Geno Auriemma Assistant coaches: Chris Dailey Marisa Moseley Shea Ralph v t e Connecticut Huskies women's basketball 2013–14 NCAA champions 3 Morgan Tuck 4 Moriah Jefferson 12 Saniya Chong 14 Bria Hartley 23 Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis 30 Breanna Stewart (MOP) 31 Stefanie Dolson 41 Kiah Stokes Head coach: Geno Auriemma Assistant coaches: Chris Dailey Marisa Moseley Shea Ralph v t e Connecticut Huskies women's basketball 2014–15 NCAA champions 3 Morgan Tuck 4 Moriah Jefferson 11 Kia Nurse 12 Saniya Chong 15 Gabby Williams 22 Courtney Ekmark 23 Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis 30 Breanna Stewart (MOP) 41 Kiah Stokes Head coach: Geno Auriemma Assistant coaches: Chris Dailey Marisa Moseley Shea Ralph v t e UConn Huskies women's basketball 2015–16 NCAA champions 3 Morgan Tuck 4 Moriah Jefferson 11 Kia Nurse 12 Saniya Chong 15 Gabby Williams 22 Courtney Ekmark 24 Napheesa Collier 30 Breanna Stewart (MOP) 33 Katie Lou Samuelson Head coach Geno Auriemma Assistant coaches Chris Dailey Shea Ralph Marisa Moseley v t e Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2006 Players Charles Barkley Joe Dumars Dominique Wilkins Coaches Geno Auriemma Sandro Gamba Contributors Dave Gavitt v t e Members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Players Guards R. 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Cooper Cunningham Curry Dalipagić Dandridge Dantley Davis DeBusschere Dehnert Duncan English Erving Foster Fulks Gale Garnett Gasol Gates Gola Hagan Havlicek Hawkins Hayes Haywood Heinsohn Hill Howell Hudson L. Jackson G. Johnson B. Jones King Korać Kukoč Lucas Luisetti K. Malone McClain B. McCracken J. McCracken McGinnis McHale Mikkelsen C. Miller Mullin Nowitzki Pettit Pierce Pippen Pollard Pullins Radja Ramsey Rodman Schayes E. Schmidt O. Schmidt Stokes C. Thompson T. Thompson Twyman Walker Webber N. White Wilkes Wilkins Worthy Yardley Centers Abdul-Jabbar Barlow Beaty Bellamy Chamberlain T. Cooper Ćosić Cowens Crawford Daniels DeBernardi Divac Donovan Ewing Gallatin Gilmore Griffith Gruenig Harris-Stewart Houbregs Issel Jackson W. Johnson Johnston M. Krause Kurland Lanier Leslie Lovellette Lapchick Macauley Maciel M. Malone McAdoo Meneghin Mikan Mourning S. Murphy Mutombo Olajuwon O'Neal Parish Reed Risen Robinson B. Russell Sabonis Sampson Semjonova Sikma Thurmond Unseld Wachter Wallace Walton Washington Yao Coaches Adelman Alexeeva P. Allen Anderson Auerbach Auriemma Barmore Barry Bess Blair Blood Boeheim L. Brown Calhoun Calipari Cann Carlson Carnesecca Carnevale Carril Case Chancellor Chaney Conradt Crum Daly Dean Díaz-Miguel Diddle Drake Driesell Ferrándiz Fitch Fitzsimmons Gaines Gamba Gardner Gaze Gill Gomelsky Gunter Hannum Harshman Haskins Hatchell Heinsohn Hickey Hixon Hobson Holzman Huggins Hughes Hurley Iba Izzo P. Jackson Julian Karl Keady Keaney Keogan Knight Krzyzewski Kundla Lambert Leonard Lewis Litwack Loeffler Lonborg Magee McCutchan McGraw A. McGuire F. McGuire McLendon Meanwell Meyer Miller Moore Mulkey Nelson Nikolić Novosel Olson Pitino Popovich Ramsay Redin Richardson Riley Rubini Rupp Rush B. Russell Ryan Sachs Self Sharman Shelton Sloan C. Smith D. Smith Stanley Stevens Stringer Summitt Sutton Tarkanian Taylor Teague J. Thompson Tomjanovich VanDerveer Wade Watts Wilkens G. Williams R. Williams Wooden Woolpert Wootten Wright Yow Contributors Abbott Ackerman Attles Barksdale Baumann Bee Biasone H. Brown W. Brown Bunn Buss Clifton Colangelo Collins Costello Davidson Douglas Duer Embry Fagan Fisher Fleisher Garfinkel Gavitt Gottlieb Granik Gulick Harris Harrison Hearn Henderson Hepp Hickox Hinkle Irish M. Jackson Jernstedt R. Jones Kennedy Knight J. Krause Lemon Liston Lloyd Lobo McLendon Mokray Morgan Morgenweck Naismith Newell Newton J. O'Brien L. O'Brien Olsen Podoloff Porter Raveling Reid Reinsdorf Ripley Sanders Saperstein Schabinger Simon St. John Stagg Stanković Steitz Stern Taylor Thorn Tower Trester Valvano Vitale Wells Welts West Wilke Winter Zollner Referees Bavetta Enright Evans Garretson Hepbron Hoyt Kennedy Leith Mihalik Nichols Nucatola Quigley Rudolph Shirley Strom Tobey Walsh Teams 1948–1982 Wayland Baptist women's teams 1956–57 Tennessee A&I State men's team 1957–58 Tennessee A&I State men's team 1958–59 Tennessee A&I State men's team 1960 United States men's Olympic team 1965–66 Texas Western men's team 1976 United States women's Olympic team 1992 United States men's Olympic team All-American Red Heads Buffalo Germans The First Team Harlem Globetrotters Immaculata College New York Renaissance Original Celtics v t e Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Based in Knoxville, Tennessee Coaches Lidiya Alekseyeva Leta Andrews Geno Auriemma Leon Barmore Ceal Barry Rose Marie Battaglia Breezy Bishop Gary Blair Joanne Bracker Doug Bruno Kurt Budke Van Chancellor Joe Ciampi Sherri Coale Jody Conradt Chris Dailey Mickie DeMoss Lin Dunn Nancy Fahey Jim Foster Fran Garmon Dorothy Gaters Gail Goestenkors Theresa Grentz Sue Gunter Sylvia Hatchell John Head Sonja Hogg Jill Hutchison Rick Insell Andy Landers Lin L. Laursen Joe Lombard Muffet McGraw Sandra Meadows Billie Moore Carolyn Peck Lorene Ramsey Harley Redin Amy Ruley Cathy Rush Debbie Ryan Paul Sanderford Bob Schneider Linda K. Sharp Marsha Sharp Jim Smiddy Brad Smith Marianne Crawford Stanley Barbara Stevens C. Vivian Stringer Pat Head Summitt Edna Tarbutton Bertha Teague Tara VanDerveer Margaret Wade Marian Washington Dean Weese Chris Weller Dixie Woodall Kay Yow Contributors Senda Berenson Abbott Val Ackerman Debbie Antonelli Mildred Barnes Beth Bass Carol Callan E. Wayne Cooley Joan Cronan Sue Donohoe Carol Eckman Nora Lynn Finch Betty Jo Graber Christine Grant Mel Greenberg Mimi Griffin Phyllis Holmes Claude Hutcherson Betty Jaynes George E. Killian Donna Lopiano Hunter Low Lea Plarski Gloria Ray Robin Roberts Borislav Stanković David Stern Carol Stiff Bill Tipps William L. Wall Charlotte West Marcy Weston Officials Sally Bell Patty Broderick June Courteau Lisa Mattingly Darlene May Players Janeth Arcain Jennifer Azzi Carol Blazejowski Ruthie Bolton Debbie Brock Cindy Brogdon Vicky Bullett Swin Cash Tamika Catchings Daedra Charles-Furlow Cynthia Cooper Denise Curry Andrea Lloyd-Curry Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil Anne Donovan Nancy Dunkle Michelle Edwards Teresa Edwards Kamie Ethridge Jennifer Gillom Peggie Gillom-Granderson Bridgette Gordon Yolanda Griffith Becky Hammon Janet Harris Lusia Harris-Stewart Tara Heiss Chamique Holdsclaw Lauren Jackson Pamela Kelly-Flowers Janice Lawrence Braxton Lisa Leslie Nancy Lieberman Kelli Litsch Rebecca Lobo Hortência Marcari Katrina McClain Johnson Suzie McConnell-Serio Nikki McCray Pamela McGee Ann Meyers-Drysdale Cheryl Miller DeLisha Milton-Jones Pearl Moore Kim Mulkey Inge Nissen Cindy Noble Hauserman Shin-Ja Park Jasmina Perazić Ticha Penicheiro LaTaunya Pollard Ruth Riley Jennifer Rizzotti Patricia Roberts Susan Rojcewicz Jill Rankin Schneider Uljana Semjonova Maria Paula Gonçalves da Silva Juliene Brazinski Simpson Annette Smith-Knight Bev Smith Katie Smith Dawn Staley Jackie Stiles Valerie Still Olga Sukharnova Sheryl Swoopes Penny Taylor Tina Thompson Michele Timms Vanya Voynova Rosie Walker Holly Warlick Teresa Weatherspoon Lindsay Whalen Sue Wicks Natalie Williams Kara Wolters Lynette Woodard Veterans Alice Barron Alline Banks Sprouse Cathy Boswell Debbie Brock Joan Crawford Margaret Sexton Gleaves Rita Horky Patsy Neal Louise O'Neal Lometa Odom Carolyn Bush Roddy Doris Rogers Lurlyne Greer Rogers Hazel Walker Katherine Washington Ora Washington Nera White v t e Naismith College Coaches of the Year Men's coaches 1987: Knight 1988: Brown 1989: Krzyzewski 1990: Cremins 1991: Ayers 1992: Krzyzewski 1993: D. Smith 1994: Richardson 1995: Harrick 1996: Calipari 1997: Williams 1998: Guthridge 1999: Krzyzewski 2000: Montgomery 2001: Barnes 2002: Howland 2003: T. Smith 2004: Martelli 2005: Weber 2006: Wright 2007: Bennett 2008: Calipari 2009: Dixon 2010: Boeheim 2011: Fisher 2012: Self 2013: Larrañaga 2014: Marshall 2015: Calipari 2016: Wright 2017: Few 2018: Bennett 2019: Barnes 2020: Grant 2021: Few 2022: Cooley 2023: Tang 2024: Hurley Women's coaches 1987: Summitt 1988: Barmore 1989: Summitt 1990: VanDerveer 1991: Ryan 1992: Weller 1993: Stringer 1994: Summitt 1995: Auriemma 1996: Landers 1997: Auriemma 1998: Summitt 1999: Peck 2000: Auriemma 2001: McGraw 2002: Auriemma 2003: Goestenkors 2004: Summitt 2005: Chatman 2006: Hatchell 2007: Goestenkors 2008: Auriemma 2009: Auriemma 2010: Yori 2011: VanDerveer 2012: Mulkey 2013: McGraw 2014: McGraw 2015: Banghart 2016: Auriemma 2017: Auriemma 2018: Schaefer 2019: Bluder 2020: Staley 2021: VanDerveer 2022: Staley 2023: Staley 2024: Staley v t e John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award winners 1999: D. Smith 2000: Krzyzewski 2001: Olson 2002: Crum 2003: Williams 2004: Montgomery 2005: Calhoun 2006: Boeheim 2007: Keady 2008: Summitt 2009: Barnes 2010: Donovan 2011: Izzo 2012: Auriemma 2013: Self 2014: VanDerveer 2015: Fisher 2016: T. Smith 2017: McGraw 2018: Wright 2019: Kruger 2020: Stringer 2021: Yanai 2022: Byrd 2023: Staley 2024: Calipari 2025: Few v t e Geno Auriemma Award winners 1990: VanDerveer 1991: Ryan 1992: Weller 1993: Foster 1994: Barry 1995: Auriemma 1996: Barmore 1997: Larry 1998: Summitt 1999: Peck 2000: Landers 2001: McGraw 2002: Oldfield 2003: Auriemma 2004: Curl 2005: Chatman 2006: Hatchell 2007: Goestenkors 2008: Auriemma 2009: Auriemma 2010: Yori 2011: Mulkey 2012: Mulkey 2013: McGraw 2014: McGraw 2015: Banghart 2016: Auriemma 2017: Auriemma 2018: Schaefer 2019: Mulkey 2020: Staley 2021: VanDerveer 2022: Staley 2023: Staley 2024: Staley v t e Associated Press College Women's Basketball Coach of the Year winners 1995: Auriemma 1996: Lee 1997: Auriemma 1998: Summitt 1999: Peck 2000: Auriemma 2001: McGraw 2002: Oldfield 2003: Auriemma 2004: Curl 2005: McCallie 2006: Hatchell 2007: Goestenkors 2008: Auriemma 2009: Auriemma 2010: Yori 2011: Auriemma, Meier & VanDerveer 2012: Mulkey 2013: McGraw 2014: McGraw 2015: Semrau 2016: Auriemma 2017: Auriemma 2018: McGraw 2019: Mulkey 2020: Staley 2021: Frese 2022: Mulkey 2023: Moren 2024: Staley v t e WBCA Division I National Coach of the Year Award 1983: Summitt 1984: Conradt 1985: Foster 1986: Conradt 1987: Grentz 1988: Stringer 1989: VanDerveer 1990: Yow 1991: Portland 1992: Labati 1993: Stringer 1994: Sharp 1995: Summitt 1996: Barmore 1997: Auriemma 1998: Summitt 1999: Peck 2000: Auriemma 2001: McGraw 2002: Auriemma 2003: Goestenkors 2004: Portland 2005: Chatman 2006: Hatchell 2007: Goestenkors 2008: Auriemma 2009: Auriemma 2010: Yori 2011: VanDerveer 2012: Mulkey 2013: McGraw 2014: McGraw 2015: Semrau 2016: Auriemma 2017: Auriemma 2018: Schaefer 2019: Mulkey 2020: Staley 2021: Moore 2022: Staley 2023: Staley 2024: Staley v t e Big East Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year 1983: Perrelli 1984: Saurer 1985: Plotzke 1986: Foley 1987: Perretta 1988: Jacobs 1989: Auriemma 1990: Mangina 1991: Mullaney 1992: Labati 1993: Knapp 1994: Mangina 1995: Auriemma 1996: Perretta 1997: Auriemma 1998: Stringer 1999: Inglese 2000: Auriemma & Waites 2001: McGraw 2002: Auriemma 2003: Auriemma 2004: Carey 2005: Stringer 2006: Barnes Arico 2007: Mitchell 2008: Auriemma & Hillsman 2009: Auriemma & Perretta 2010: Auriemma & Carey 2011: Auriemma 2012: Barnes Arico 2013: McGraw 2014: Bruno 2015: Bozzella 2016: Bruno 2017: Bruno 2018: Kieger & Perretta 2019: Godlevske 2020: Duffy 2021: Auriemma 2022: Dillon 2023: Tartamella 2024: Auriemma v t e American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year 2014: Auriemma 2015: Auriemma 2016: Auriemma 2017: Auriemma & Cardoza 2018: Fernandez 2019: Auriemma 2020: Auriemma 2021: Fernandez 2022: Abrahamson-Henderson 2023: McNeill 2024: Burton

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