Geno Auriemma

Italian-born American women's basketball coach

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Occupation

Basketball coach

Born in

Montella

Born

March 23, 1954

Zodiac

Aries

26,456

days alive

72

years old

$16 million

net worth

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Born
March 23, 1954 in 🇮🇹Montella
Zodiac
♈︎Aries·horse 🐎
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About

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Luigi "Geno" Auriemma is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of the UConn Huskies women's basketball team. He holds the NCAA basketball records for wins and winning percentage with a minimum of 10 seasons. Auriemma also has the most NCAA Division I basketball championships at 12.

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  • •Geno Auriemma has guided the UConn Huskies to 11 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball National Championships, the most in women's college basketball history.
  • •Auriemma is one of the few coaches, male or female, to have won multiple national championships and an Olympic gold medal (2000 and 2012 as head coach of the U.S. Women's National Team).
  • •Auriemma was born in Montella, Italy, and immigrated to the United States with his family when he was seven years old.
  • •Before becoming the head coach at UConn, Auriemma spent several years as an assistant coach at Bishop Eustace Preparatory School and the University of Virginia.

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Sun Sign

Aries♈︎

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Scorpio♏︎

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Fire

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2017
Day 23,015
Age 63

1000th Career Win

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96%
Mar 27, 2017

Auriemma records his 1000th career win as a coach.

2016
Day 22,796
Age 62

Second Olympic Gold as Head Coach

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96%
Aug 20, 2016

Auriemma coached the U.S. Women's National Team to another gold medal at the Rio Olympics.

2012
Day 21,326
Age 58

Olympic Gold as Head Coach

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96%
Aug 11, 2012

Auriemma served as the head coach of the U.S. Women's National Team and led them to a gold medal at the London Olympics.

2010
Day 20,468
Age 56

Second Consecutive Undefeated Season and National Championship

Confidence
96%
Apr 6, 2010

UConn completed their second consecutive undefeated season and won another NCAA National Championship.

2009
Day 20,104
Age 55

Undefeated Season and National Championship

Confidence
96%
Apr 7, 2009

UConn completed an undefeated season (39-0) and won the NCAA National Championship.

2000
Day 16,992
Age 46

Gold at the Sydney Olympics

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96%
Sep 29, 2000

Auriemma served as an assistant coach for the U.S. women's national team and won Gold at the Sydney Olympics.

1995
Day 14,985
Age 41

First NCAA Championship

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96%
Apr 2, 1995

Auriemma led UConn to their first NCAA Women's Basketball National Championship, defeating Tennessee.

1985
Day 11,242
Age 30

Hired as UConn Women's Basketball Head Coach

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Jan 1, 1985

Auriemma was hired as the head coach of the University of Connecticut (UConn) women's basketball team.

1961
Day 2,476
Age 6

Immigrated to the United States

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Jan 1, 1961

Auriemma's family immigrated to the United States and settled in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

1954
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Born in Montella, Italy

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Mar 23, 1954

Luigi 'Geno' Auriemma was born in Montella, Italy.