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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Geno Auriemma
| image = Geno Auriemma (53346280904) (cropped).jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Auriemma in 2023
| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = [[UConn Huskies women's basketball|Connecticut]]
| current_conference = [[Big East Conference]]
| current_record = {{Winning percentage|1,264|165|record=y}}
| contract = $3.5 million<ref>{{cite web |last=Meyer |first=Craig |title=Geno Auriemma salary: How much UConn women's basketball coach makes |website=USA TODAY |date=7 April 2025 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2025/04/06/geno-auriemma-salary-uconn-womens-basketball/82968007007/ |access-date=22 April 2025}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|3|23}}
| birth_place = [[Montella]], Italy
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| alma_mater = [[West Chester University]], [[Montgomery County Community College]]
| player_years1 = 
| player_team1 = 
| player_positions = 
| coach_years1 = 1977–1978
| coach_team1 = [[Bishop McDevitt High School (Wyncote, Pennsylvania)|Bishop McDevitt HS]] (assistant varsity coach / head JV coach)
| coach_years2 = 1978–1979
| coach_team2 = [[Saint Joseph's Hawks women's basketball|Saint Joseph's]] (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1979–1981
| coach_team3 = [[Kennedy-Kenrick Catholic High School|Bishop Kenrick HS]] (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1981–1985
| coach_team4 = [[Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball|Virginia]] (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 1985–present
| coach_team5 = [[UConn Huskies women's basketball|UConn]]
| admin_years1 = 
| admin_team1 = 
| overall_record = {{Winning percentage|1,264|165|record=y}}
| tournament_record = 143–24 ([[NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I]]) <!-- Through April 06, 2025 -->
| championships = {{Plainlist|
* 12 [[NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I tournament]] ([[1995 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1995]], [[2000 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2000]], [[2002 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2002]]–[[2004 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2004]], [[2009 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2009]], [[2010 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2010]], [[2013 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2013]]–[[2016 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2016]], [[2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2025]])
* 24 [[List of NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Final Four appearances by coach|NCAA Division I regional – Final Four]] ([[1991 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1991]], 1995, [[1996 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1996]], 2000–2004, [[2008 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2008]]–[[2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2022]], [[2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2024]], [[2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2025]])
* 23 [[Big East women's basketball tournament|Big East tournament]] (1989, 1991, 1994–2002, 2005, 2006, 2008–2012, 2021–2025)
* 24 Big East regular season (1989–1991, 1994–2004, 2007–2011, 2021–2025)
* 7 [[American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament|AAC tournament]] ([[2014 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament|2014]]–[[2020 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament|2020]])
* 7 [[American Athletic Conference|AAC]] regular season (2014–2020)
}}
| awards = {{Plainlist|
* 8× [[Naismith College Coach of the Year|Naismith Coach of the Year]] (1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017)<ref name="Naismith COY" />
* 7× [[WBCA National Coach of the Year Award|WBCA National Coach of the Year]] (1997, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017)<ref name="WBCA COY" />
* 9× [[Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year#Women's|AP Coach of the Year]] (1995, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017)<ref name="AP COY" />
* 6× [[USBWA Women's National Coach of the Year]] (1995, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017)<ref name="USBWA COY" />
* 13× [[Big East Conference|Big East]] Coach of the Year (1989, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2008–2011, 2021, 2024, 2025)
* 6× [[American Athletic Conference|AAC]] Coach of the Year (2014–2017, 2019–2020)
* [[John R. Wooden Award|John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award]] (2012)
* [[National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame]] (2007)
}}
| coaching_records = 
| BASKHOF_year = 2006
| BASKHOF_id = geno-auriemma
| CBBASKHOF_year = 
| WBHOF = geno-auriemma
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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Coach for women’s basketball}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bkw|USA}}}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold|[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]|[[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA World Championship for Women|FIBA World Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 FIBA World Championship for Women|2010 Czech Republic]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2014 FIBA World Championship for Women|2014 Turkey]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Under-19 World Championship]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2001 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women|2001 Czech Republic]]|}}
| show-medals = 
}}
'''Luigi''' "'''Geno'''" '''Auriemma''' (born March 23, 1954) is an American [[basketball]] coach who is the [[head coach]] of the [[UConn Huskies women's basketball|University of Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team]]. He holds the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] basketball records for [[List of college women's basketball career coaching wins leaders|wins]] and [[List of college women's basketball career coaching wins leaders|winning percentage]] with a minimum of 10 seasons. Auriemma also has the most [[NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA Division I basketball championships]] at 12.

Serving as UConn's head coach since 1985, Auriemma built the team into one of the top women's college basketball programs. In addition to the record 12 championships, he has led UConn to 19 undefeated conference seasons (including eight consecutive) and six [[perfect season]]s. He has also won eight national [[Naismith College Coach of the Year]] awards.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Baxter|first1=Kevin|title=Connecticut's Geno Auriemma keeps making a case to be considered the greatest basketball coach|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-uconn-auriemma-20160403-story.html|newspaper=LA Times|date=3 April 2016|access-date=20 March 2017|archive-date=21 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321084253/http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-uconn-auriemma-20160403-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Who's the best coach ever? Connecticut's Auriemma, that's who|date=17 February 2017 |url=http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/editorials/who-s-the-best-coach-ever-connecticut-s-auriemma-that/article_a7e337c8-c055-59f2-9304-50da5a26b1d1.html|publisher=Daily Journal|access-date=20 March 2017|archive-date=10 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110091751/https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/editorials/who-s-the-best-coach-ever-connecticut-s-auriemma-that/article_a7e337c8-c055-59f2-9304-50da5a26b1d1.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Megdal|first1=Howard|title=Case for UConn's Geno Auriemma being best coach ever goes beyond basketball|date=8 March 2017 |url=http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/case-for-uconns-geno-auriemma-being-best-coach-ever-goes-beyond-basketball/|publisher=cbssports.com|access-date=20 March 2017|archive-date=21 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321082127/http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/case-for-uconns-geno-auriemma-being-best-coach-ever-goes-beyond-basketball/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Stephen A. declares Geno Auriemma the greatest coach in American sports |url=https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/44572453}}</ref>

Outside of college basketball, Auriemma was the head coach of the [[United States women's national basketball team|United States women's national team]] from 2009 through 2016, winning the [[2010 FIBA World Championship for Women|2010]] and [[2014 FIBA World Championship for Women|2014 World Championships]], and gold medals at the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012]] and [[2016 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Geno Auriemma, Bio |url=http://www.usabasketball.com/bios/auriemma_geno.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728112104/http://www.usabasketball.com/bios/auriemma_geno.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 28, 2011 |access-date=April 5, 2012}}</ref> He was inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the [[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 2006.

==Early life and education==
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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=Kevin Mulligan |date=2017-02-14 |title=Geno Auriemma learned a new language, life lessons and a love of sports after emigrating from Italy to Norristown |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/sports/colleges/Geno-Auriemma-learned-a-new-language-life-lessons-and-a-love-of-sports-after-emigrating-from-Italy-to-Norristown.html |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Philadelphia Inquirer |language=en}}</ref> Auriemma had to teach himself English after coming to the United States.<ref>Auriemma, MacMullan p 1</ref> When he was growing up, his favorite team was the 1970s [[New York Knicks]], then coached by [[Red Holzman]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Howard|first1=Johnette|title=Listen to Geno Auriemma; it's time for change|url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/story/_/id/8551073/listen-geno-auriemma-ideas-changing-women-basketball|work=ESPN|date=October 25, 2012|access-date=April 10, 2015}}</ref>

Auriemma attended [[Montgomery County Community College]] before graduating from [[West Chester University]] in 1977. 

==Career==
Auriemma was hired as an assistant coach<ref name="AM205">Auriemma, MacMullan p 205</ref> 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 High School (Wyncote, Pennsylvania)|Bishop McDevitt High School]] in [[Wyncote, Pennsylvania]]. He then took a two-year absence from [[college basketball]], serving as an assistant coach at his former high school, [[Kennedy-Kenrick Catholic High School|Bishop Kenrick]],<ref name="AM205" /> before assuming an assistant coaching position with the [[University of Virginia]] [[Virginia Cavaliers|Cavaliers]] women's team in 1981. Auriemma became a [[naturalized United States citizen]] in 1994 at the age of 40,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7303302/connecticut-huskies-fans-asked-recite-pledge-allegiance-games|title=Connecticut Huskies fans asked to recite Pledge of Allegiance before games|work=ESPN.com|date=December 2011 }}</ref> 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 [[military service|required national service]] in his birth country.<ref>Auriemma, MacMullan p 151</ref>

For many years, Auriemma and his wife, Kathy, maintained a home in [[Avalon, New Jersey]], to be near their respective parents in the Philadelphia area.<ref>Giuca, Linda. [http://www.courant.com/features/food/hc-cookies04-auriemma,0,3311617.story "CELEBRITY COOKIE COUNTDOWN: Geno Auriemma"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009052731/http://www.courant.com/features/food/hc-cookies04-auriemma,0,3311617.story |date=October 9, 2012 }}, ''[[Hartford Courant]]''. Accessed March 1, 2011. "The Auriemmas spent Thanksgiving at their home in Avalon, N.J., close to the Philadelphia area where the couple's respective families live."</ref>

===University of Connecticut===
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.<ref>Grundy p 239</ref> 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 became 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.<ref>Karmel p 21–23</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |title=NCAA Division I Records |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/w_basketball_RB/2009/D1.pdf |pages=Sec10:36 |access-date=November 9, 2008}}</ref> 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]];<ref>{{cite web |title=Maya Moore leads UConn women to 89th consecutive victory, surpassing UCLA men |url=http://scores.espn.go.com/ncw/recap?gameId=303550041|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719063545/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncw/recap?gameId=303550041|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 19, 2012}}</ref> the streak ended at 90 wins.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/ |title=Connecticut Huskies' 90-Game Win Streak – Women's College Basketball Topics – ESPN |publisher=Espn.go.com |access-date=April 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/ |title=Geno Auriemma – Women's College Basketball Topics – ESPN |publisher=Espn.go.com |access-date=April 10, 2015}}</ref> The Huskies subsequently broke their own record with an 111-game winning streak that began in 2014 and ended in 2017.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-women/article/2017-03-31/uconn-womens-basketball-huskies-record-winning-streak-ends |title = UConn's record winning streak ends at 111 games {{!}} NCAA.com}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-women/2019-03-16/womens-basketball-longest-active-ncaa-tournament-streaks|title=Women's basketball: Longest active NCAA tournament streaks|author1=Michael Northam|publisher=[[NCAA|NCAA.com]]|date=March 18, 2019}}</ref>

At the end of the 2023–24 season, Auriemma's record as a head coach was 1217–162, for an 88.2 winning percentage. That winning percentage is the highest among Division I active coaches.<ref name="NCAA Coaching Records">{{cite web |title=Women's college basketball coaches with the most wins in DI history |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-women/article/2024-11-20/winningest-coaches-womens-college-basketball-history |access-date=February 17, 2025}}</ref> His career at UConn also includes 27 seasons with 30 or more wins.<ref name="UConn Huskies">{{cite web |title=UConn Huskies |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/geno-auriemma-1.html |access-date=February 17, 2025 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012132738/http://uconnhuskies.com/SPORTS/WBasketball/Coaching/bkwcoachbio.html |archive-date=October 12, 2008}}</ref> UConn has won twelve national championships under Auriemma (1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2025)<ref name="NCAA History">{{cite web |title=NCAA History |url=https://www.ncaa.com/history/w-basketball-d1.html |access-date=November 8, 2008}}</ref> and made the Final Four 24 times<ref name="UConn Huskies" /> (1991, 1995, 1996, 2000–2004, 2008–2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025). 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com/womens-college-basketball/story/uconn-huskies-coach-geno-auriemma-passes-ucla-bruins-john-wooden-for-most-ncaa-championships-040616|title=UConn Huskies coach Geno Auriemma passes UCLA Bruins' John Wooden for most NCAA championships|author=Fox Sports|work=FOX Sports}}</ref>

The team has been especially successful on its [[home field advantage|home court]] in the [[Harry A. Gampel Pavilion]] on the UConn campus in [[Storrs, Connecticut]], and in the larger [[PeoplesBank Arena]] in [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]; they tied an NCAA women's basketball record with 69 [[Winning streak (sports)|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 [[seating capacity|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 (basketball)|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 Trophy|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.
[[File:Geno Auriemma 140507-D-HU462-423.jpg|thumb|Auriemma with [[Jim Boeheim]] and [[Jamie Dixon]] in 2014]]
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.<ref name="NCAA Coaching Records" /> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/103008aaa.html |title=Women's Basketball 1995 National Championship Team to be Recognized as "Huskies of Honor" |access-date=July 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807164447/http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/103008aaa.html |archive-date=August 7, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Auriemma's 2013–2018 salary is $10.9 million.<ref>{{Cite web| last = Isidore| first = Chris| title = The best paid women's coach is a man – UConn's Geno Auriemma| work = CNNMoney| access-date = April 6, 2016| date = April 7, 2015| url = https://money.cnn.com/2015/04/07/news/companies/best-paid-women-coach/index.html}}</ref> Auriemma reached his 1,200th career win against Seton Hall 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-feb-27-sp-23531-story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919141512/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/feb/27/sports/sp-23531|url-status=live|archive-date=September 19, 2009|title=Staged Shot Continues to Pick Up Controversy|date=February 27, 1998 |publisher=NYTIMES}}</ref>

====Rivalries====
The [[UConn-Tennessee rivalry|rivalry]] between the Huskies and the [[University of Tennessee]] [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Lady Vols]] extended to Auriemma's relationship with Volunteers counterpart [[Pat Summitt]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Voepel|first1=Mechelle|title=There will never be anyone like Tennessee legend Pat Summitt|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/16519514/there-never-anyone-tennessee-lady-vols-coach-pat-summitt|website=[[ESPN]]|date=June 26, 2016 |publisher=ESPN|access-date=June 28, 2016}}</ref> The two, through [[print media|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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Philippou |first1=Alexa |title=Ten notable numbers from the many found among Geno Auriemma's 1,098 victories |url=https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/hc-sp-uconn-women-geno-wins-by-the-numbers-20210109-kiluem7rpjfixnkhuzapfncveu-story.html |website=courant.com |date=January 9, 2021 |publisher=Hartford Courant |access-date=September 11, 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/sports/ncaabasketball/uconns-domination-is-win-win-for-womens-gamegeno-auriemma-says.html |title=UConn's Domination Is Win-Win for Women's Game, Geno Auriemma Says |author=Harvey Araton |work=The New York Times |date=April 4, 2015 |access-date=December 6, 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref>[https://www.jacksonville.com/story/sports/college/2013/03/05/pat-summitt-details-dementia-struggle-memoir/15836286007/ Pat Summitt details dementia struggle in memoir] ''AP News'' in ''Jacksonville.com''. March 3, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2024</ref> Summitt retired in 2012 and died in 2016.

Former [[Connecticut Huskies men's basketball|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."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/05/sports/ncaabasketball/05araton.html |title=UConn's Big Rivalry: Auriemma vs. Calhoun |author=Harvey Araton |work=The New York Times |date=April 4, 2009 |access-date=December 6, 2015}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/02/26/welcome-to-nowhere-home-of-the-huskies/ |title=Welcome To Nowhere, Home Of The Huskies |author=Philip Hersh |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=February 6, 2001 |access-date=December 6, 2015}}</ref>

===United States women's national basketball team===
[[File:P071612PS-0794 (7743238004).jpg|thumb|Auriemma and the 2012 U.S. Women's Olympic basketball team meet president [[Barack Obama]]]]
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.<ref name="U19 2001" />

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.<ref name="2010 WORLD" /> At the [[Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2012 Olympics]], Auriemma's team went 8–0 and won the gold medal game over [[France women's national basketball team|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 women's national basketball team|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]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/090613aaa.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314102138/http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/090613aaa.html |archive-date=March 14, 2014 |title=Geno Auriemma To Return As 2013–16 USA Basketball Women's National Team Head Coach – UCONNHUSKIES.COM – The Official Website of the University of Connecticut Huskies}}</ref> 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==
{{CBB Yearly Record Start
| type=coach
| conference=
| postseason=
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
| name=[[Connecticut Huskies women's basketball|Connecticut Huskies]]
| startyear=1985
| conference=[[Big East Conference]]
| endyear=2013|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1985–86
 | name         = Connecticut
 | overall      = 12–15
 | conference   = 4–12
 | confstanding = 7th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1986–87
 | name         = Connecticut
 | overall      = 14–13
 | conference   = 9–7
 | confstanding = 7th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1987–88
 | name         = Connecticut
 | overall      = 17–11
 | conference   = 9–7
 | confstanding = 5th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = 1988–89
 | name         = Connecticut
 | overall      = 24–6
 | conference   = 13–2
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[1989 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = 1989–90
 | name         = Connecticut
 | overall      = 25–6
 | conference   = 14–2
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | postseason   = [[1990 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = 1990–91
 | name         = [[1990–91 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 29–5
 | conference   = 14–2
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[1991 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Final Four]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1991–92
 | name         = Connecticut
 | overall      = 23–11
 | conference   = 13–5
 | confstanding = T–2nd
 | postseason   = [[1992 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Second Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1992–93
 | name         = Connecticut
 | overall      = 18–11
 | conference   = 12–6
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | postseason   = [[1993 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = 1993–94
 | name         = Connecticut
 | overall      = 30–3
 | conference   = 17–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[1994 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | season       = 1994–95
 | name         = [[1994–95 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 35–0
 | conference   = 18–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = '''[[1995 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Champions]]'''
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = 1995–96
 | name         = [[1995–96 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 34–4
 | conference   = 17–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[1996 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Final Four]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = 1996–97
 | name         = Connecticut
 | overall      = 33–1
 | conference   = 18–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[1997 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = 1997–98
 | name         = Connecticut
 | overall      = 34–3
 | conference   = 17–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[1998 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = 1998–99
 | name         = Connecticut
 | overall      = 29–5
 | conference   = 17–1
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | postseason   = [[1999 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Sweet Sixteen]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | season       = 1999–00
 | name         = [[1999–2000 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 36–1
 | conference   = 16–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = '''[[2000 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Champions]]'''
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = 2000–01
 | name         = [[2000–01 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 32–3
 | conference   = 15–1
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | postseason   = [[2001 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Final Four]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | season       = 2001–02
 | name         = [[2001–02 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 39–0
 | conference   = 16–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = '''[[2002 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Champions]]'''
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | season       = 2002–03
 | name         = [[2002–03 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 37–1
 | conference   = 16–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = '''[[2003 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Champions]]'''
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | season       = 2003–04
 | name         = [[2003–04 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 31–4
 | conference   = 14–2
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = '''[[2004 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Champions]]'''
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference tournament
 | season       = 2004–05
 | name         = [[2004–05 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 25–8
 | conference   = 13–3
 | confstanding = T–2nd
 | postseason   = [[2005 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Sweet Sixteen]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference tournament
 | season       = 2005–06
 | name         = [[2005–06 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 32–5
 | conference   = 14–2
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = [[2006 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = 2006–07
 | name         = [[2006–07 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 32–4
 | conference   = 16–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2007 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Elite Eight]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = 2007–08
 | name         = [[2007–08 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 36–2
 | conference   = 15–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2008 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Final Four]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | season       = 2008–09
 | name         = [[2008–09 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 39–0
 | conference   = 16–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = '''[[2009 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Champions]]'''
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | season       = [[2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2009–10]]
 | name         = [[2009–10 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 39–0
 | conference   = 16–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = '''[[2010 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Champions]]'''
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = 2010–11
 | name         = [[2010–11 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 36–2
 | conference   = 16–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Final Four]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference tournament
 | season       = 2011–12
 | name         = [[2011–12 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 33–5
 | conference   = 13–3
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | postseason   = [[2012 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Final Four]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | season       = [[2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2012–13]]
 | name         = [[2012–13 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 35–4
 | conference   = 14–2
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = '''[[2013 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Champions]]'''
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
| name=Connecticut Huskies
| startyear=2013
| conference=[[American Athletic Conference]]
| endyear=2020|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | season       = [[2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2013–14]]
 | name         = [[2013–14 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 40–0
 | conference   = 18–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = '''[[2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Champions]]'''
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | season       = [[2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2014–15]]
 | name         = [[2014–15 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 38–1
 | conference   = 18–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = '''[[2015 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Champions]]'''
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | season       = [[2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2015–16]]
 | name         = [[2015–16 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 38–0
 | conference   = 18–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = '''[[2016 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Champions]]'''
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [[2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2016–17]]
 | name         = [[2016–17 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 36–1
 | conference   = 16–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Final Four]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [[2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2017–18]]
 | name         = [[2017–18 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 36–1
 | conference   = 16–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Final Four]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [[2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2018–19]]
 | name         = [[2018–19 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 35–3
 | conference   = 16–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Final Four]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [[2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2019–20]]
 | name         = [[2019–20 UConn Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 29–3
 | conference   = 16–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = ''Postseason not held''{{ref|a}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
| name=Connecticut Huskies
| startyear=2020
| conference=[[Big East Conference]]
| endyear=|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [[2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2020–21]]
 | name         = [[2020–21 UConn Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 28–2
 | conference   = 18–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Final Four]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [[2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2021–22]]
 | name         = [[2021–22 UConn Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 30–6
 | conference   = 16–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Runner-up]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [[2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2022–23]]
 | name         = [[2022–23 UConn Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 31–6
 | conference   = 18–2
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Sweet Sixteen]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = confboth
 | season       = [[2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2023–24]]
 | name         = [[2023–24 UConn Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 33–6
 | conference   = 18–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = [[2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Final Four]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | season       = [[2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2024–25]]
 | name         = [[2024–25 UConn Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 37–3
 | conference   = 18–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | postseason   = '''[[2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Champions]]'''
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2025–26]]
 | name         = [[2025–26 UConn Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut]]
 | overall      = 14–0
 | conference   = 5–0
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Connecticut
 | overall    = {{Winning percentage|1,264|165|record=y}}
 | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|613|64|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 | name       = Total
 | overall    = {{Winning percentage|1,264|165|record=y}}
 | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|613|64|record=y}}
}}

:1.{{note|a}} Cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic|coronavirus pandemic]]

==Other activities==
During the college basketball [[regular season|offseason]], Auriemma serves as an [[Color commentator|analyst]] for games of the [[Women's National Basketball Association]] broadcast on the American [[cable television]] [[television network|networks]] [[ESPN]] and [[ESPN2]], in which he often critiques his former players.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/playoffs2005/taurasi_050918_06.html |title=Diana Taurasi Finals Internship |publisher=WNBA.com |access-date=April 10, 2015}}</ref>

Auriemma is close friends with former [[Saint Joseph's University]] basketball head coach [[Phil Martelli]]<ref>Auriemma, MacMullan p 215</ref> and his son, Mike Auriemma, attended and played basketball at Saint Joseph's.<ref>{{cite web |title=St. Joseph's University |url=http://sjuhawks.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/auriemma_mike00.html |access-date=November 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122232757/http://sjuhawks.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/auriemma_mike00.html |archive-date=January 22, 2009 }}</ref>

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 [[Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |title=UConn Press release |url=http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/041509aaa.html |access-date=April 23, 2009 |archive-date=January 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109085812/http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/041509aaa.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Auriemma is a member of the Board of Directors of the [[Kay Yow]]/WBCA Cancer Fund.<ref name="Yow BOD">{{cite web|title=BOARD OF DIRECTORS|url=http://kayyow.com/the-fund/about-the-fund/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624100937/http://kayyow.com/the-fund/about-the-fund/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 24, 2013|work=KayYow.com|access-date=July 3, 2014}}</ref>

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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.genoauriemma.com/|title=The Official Website of Geno Auriemma|website=www.genoauriemma.com}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
'''1989'''
* Big East Conference Coach of the Year

'''1995'''
* [[USBWA Women's National Coach of the Year|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 Award|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<ref>{{cite web |title=Hall of Fame Feature |url=http://hoophall.com/halloffamers/bhof-geno-auriemma.html |access-date=November 8, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919211633/http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/bhof-geno-auriemma.html |archive-date=September 19, 2008}}</ref>
* Induction into the [[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]] in Knoxville, Tennessee<ref>{{cite web |title=WBHOF Inductees |url=http://www.wbhof.com/inductees.html |access-date=November 8, 2008 |archive-date=December 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206134733/http://www.wbhof.com/Inductees.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

'''2007'''
* Induction into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame<ref name="IA HOF">{{cite web |title=Geno Auriemma |url=http://www.niashf.org/inductees/geno-auriemma/ |work=National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame |date=November 7, 2012 |access-date=July 3, 2014 |archive-date=January 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107222108/http://www.niashf.org/inductees/geno-auriemma/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

'''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 Award|John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award]]

'''2014'''
* American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year
* Named one of ESPNW's Impact 25<ref>{{cite web |url=http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-commentary/impact25/slideshow/12020053/21/geno-auriemma-60-connecticut-women-basketball-head-coach |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216171718/http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-commentary/impact25/slideshow/12020053/21/geno-auriemma-60-connecticut-women-basketball-head-coach |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 16, 2014 |title=2014 espnW Impact 25 |publisher=Espn.go.com |date=July 16, 2013 |access-date=April 10, 2015}}</ref>

'''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)<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 2, 2016 |title=Geno Auriemma named AP Coach of the Year |url=https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2016/04/02/geno-auriemma-ap-coach-year-uconn-womens-basketball |access-date=April 20, 2016 |website=SI.com}}</ref>
* American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year (3)

'''2017'''
* Premio ASI Italiani nel mondo
* USBWA National Coach of the Year (6)<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/033117aaa.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401055000/http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/033117aaa.html |archive-date=April 1, 2017 |title=UCONNHUSKIES.COM :: Auriemma Selected USBWA Coach of the Year :: University of Connecticut Huskies Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball}}</ref>
* WBCA National Coach of the Year (7)
* Naismith College Coach of the Year (8)
* Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year (9)<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/033017aag.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331094654/http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/033017aag.html |archive-date=March 31, 2017 |title=UCONNHUSKIES.COM :: Auriemma Named AP National Coach of the Year :: University of Connecticut Huskies Official Athletic Site :: Women's Basketball}}</ref>
* 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]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geno Auriemma |url=https://www.carnegie.org/awards/honoree/geno-auriemma/ |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Carnegie Corporation of New York}}</ref>

'''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 (1,250)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-16 |title=UConn's Auriemma ties all-time D-I wins record |url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/42414524/auriemma-ties-ncaa-division-wins-record-uconn-tops-unc |access-date=2025-08-31 |website=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press |language=en}}</ref>
* Highest winning percentage among NCAA basketball coaches (minimum 10 seasons), any level, men's or women's ({{Winning percentage|1262|165}})<ref>{{cite web |title=NCAA Statistics |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/head_coaches |access-date=2 April 2024}}</ref>
* Most NCAA Division I Championships, men's or women's (12)
* Most NCAA Division I Final Fours, men's or women's (24)
* Most NCAA Division I Elite Eights, men's or women's (29)
* Most NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen, men's or women's (32)
* 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]]

==References==
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<ref name="U19 2001">{{cite web|title=FIFTH FIBA WOMEN'S U19/JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – 2001|url=http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/u19/wu19_2001.html|publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=May 23, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608124443/http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/u19/wu19_2001.html|archive-date=June 8, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="2010 WORLD">{{cite web|title=SIXTEENTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN – 2010 |url=http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/national/wwc_2010.html |publisher=USA Basketball |access-date=May 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424205923/http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/national/wwc_2010.html |archive-date=April 24, 2012 }}</ref>

<ref name="Naismith COY">{{cite web|title=Naismith College Coach of the Year |url=http://naismithtrophy.com/about/naismith-awards/past-winners/womens-college-coach-of-the-year/ |access-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132103/http://naismithtrophy.com/about/naismith-awards/past-winners/womens-college-coach-of-the-year/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref>

<ref name="AP COY">{{cite web |title=Associated Press College Coach of the Year |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/2016/awards.pdf/ |access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="WBCA COY">{{cite web |title=WBCA National Coaches of the Year |url=http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_coach-of-year_past |publisher=Women's Basketball Coaches Association |access-date=March 23, 2016 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305093033/http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_coach-of-year_past |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="USBWA COY">{{cite web |url=http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/awards/women/index.html |title=USBWA WOMEN'S HONORS |publisher=USBWA |access-date=May 8, 2010 |archive-date=January 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115112144/http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/awards/women/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==Other references==
* {{Cite book |last=Auriemma |first=G. |author2=MacMullan, J. |year=2006 |title=Geno: In pursuit of Perfection |publisher=Warner Books |isbn=0-446-57764-2}}
* {{cite book |last=Grundy |first=Pamela |year=2005 |title=Shattering the glass |url=https://archive.org/details/shatteringglassr0000grun |url-access=registration |publisher=New Press |isbn=978-1-56584-822-1}}
* {{cite book |last=Karmel |first=Terese |year=2005 |title=Hoop Tales:UConn Huskies Women's Basketball |publisher=Globe Pequot Press |edition=First |isbn=0-7627-3501-5}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.genoauriemma.com/}}
* [http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/auriemma_geno00.html Connecticut profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402150520/http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/auriemma_geno00.html |date=April 2, 2009 }}

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