Geno Auriemma

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Geno Auriemma in May 2014

Luigi "Geno" Auriemma (born March 23, 1954 in Montella , Italy ) is an Italian- American women's basketball coach of the Huskies of the University of Connecticut in the NCAA . With a total of eleven NCAA Division I basketball championships , he is the most successful college coach in the history of women's competition. He has also been the head coach of the United States women's national basketball team since 2009 . Auriemma was inducted into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame .

Auriemma moved from Italy to the United States when she was seven. In 1985 he became the coach of the Connecticut Lady Huskies, who hadn't been a remarkable team before him. But with Auriemma's entry, the team became one of the strongest teams in the NCAA. In addition to eleven NCAA championships (1995, 2000, 2002-2004, 2009, 2010, 2013-2016), his teams reached the Final Four 17 times and regularly won the “Big East” regional championship. At the time of his induction into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, Auriemma had an exceptional win rate of 83.5 percent in 21 years as the head coach of the Lady Huskies. His record: 589 wins out of 116 defeats.

Auriemma's best-known players include WNBA stars Diana Taurasi , Sue Bird , Rebecca Lobo , Swin Cash , Tina Charles , Maya Moore and Breanna Stewart .

Private life

Auriemma holds the academic degree of Bachelor in the subject political science . He lives in Manchester , Connecticut with his wife, Kathy, and their three children, Jenna, Alyssa, and Michael .

See also

Web links

Commons : Geno Auriemma  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Auriemma took US citizenship in 1994; Greg Garber: With His Team Unbeaten In 33 Games, Uconn Coach Geno Auriemma Continues His Drive For Perfection ( English ) In: Hartford Courant . March 31, 1995. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  2. ↑ Greg Johnson: Have I Got Your Attention Yet? . In: NCAA Champion Magazine . No. 1, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Auriemma, Geno
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Auriemma, Luigi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian-American basketball coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Montella , Italy