This week was a huge milestone for Geno Auriemma…he won his 1000 game as UConn Women’s head coach. There are some who have said if he was in the men’s division he would be just another coach …that is one thought but here is another thought …if you can coach it doesn’t matter if it’s men, women or both 1,000 wins is 1,000 wins that is quite a feat. Here is something else to consider:
Auriemma’s teams have won 11 NCAA championships, been to 18 Final Fours, won 23 regular-season conference titles and 22 conference tournaments, and have had six(!) perfect seasons.
Only five other NCAA basketball coaches can lay claim to having won 1,000 games. Pat Summitt, Tara VanDerveer, and Sylvia Hatchell have accomplished the feat as women’s coaches while Mike Kryzewski has accomplished it as a men’s coach. Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim has also won 1,000 games, although 101 have been vacated.
He’s won 88.1 percent of the games he’s coached. 1,000-135 over 33 years in Storrs.
He along with Pat Summitt have been the face of success of Women’s college Basketball. 1,000 wins is 1,000 wins. Congratulations Coach Auriemma.
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