Geno Auriemma

Quick Facts

Full Name	Geno Auriemma
Occupation	Basketball Coach
Date Of Birth	Mar 23, 1954(1954-03-23)
Age	70
Birthplace	Montella
Country	Italy
Birth City	Campania
Horoscope	Pisces

Geno Auriemma Biography

Geno Auriemma is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Coach who was born on March 23, 1954 in Montella, Campania, Italy. Hall of Fame women’s basketball coach who joined at the University of Connecticut in 1985 and set a new record by making him the fastest NCAA coach to earn 800 wins. He’s been awarded 11 NCAA championships with Connecticut.

He coached star guard He coached star guard Diana Taurasi in college. in college.

Growing up, his favorite team was the 1970s New York Knicks coached by the late Red Holzman.

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. He did not speak English when his family emigrated and he was tutored in 2nd grade at St. Francis of Assisi by a classmate named John. After graduating from West Chester University of Pennsylvania 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.

The family was originally from Italy but moved from Italy to Norristown, Pennsylvania, when 7 years old.

Geno Auriemma Net Worth

Geno Auriemma is one of the richest Basketball Coach from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Geno Auriemma 's net worth $10 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The year 1977 was the time he received his degree in 1977 from West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

He took his first NCAA title in 1995 following an undefeated year.

Luigi “Geno” Auriemma (born March 23, 1954) is an Italian-born American college basketball coach and the head coach of the University of Connecticut Huskies women’s basketball team. He has led UConn to eleven 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 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Geno Auriemma height 6 ft 1 in Geno weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Geno Auriemma Dating?

According to our records, Geno Auriemma married to Kathy Auriemma. As of December 1, 2023, Geno Auriemma’s is not dating anyone.

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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.”

Facts & Trivia

Geno Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Geno Auriemma celebrates birthday on March 23 of every year.

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.

How many national championships has Geno Auriemma won?

Auriemma has been with the Huskies since 1985 and coached them to 11 national championships , never seeing defeat on the biggest stage. His first national title came in 1995 and the latest was in 2016. It was a remarkable run, but the Gamecocks and coach Dawn Staley didn’t flinch at the sign of the all-time mark.

Did Geno Auriemma retire?

Legendary UConn Huskies head coach Geno Auriemma is coming up on the twilight of his career. Though the 68-year-old admitted that he thinks about retirement, he said he’s “not ready” just yet. “I still got some more left,” Auriemma told Tony Kornheiser on ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption.”

How long has Geno Auriemma been at UConn?

Geno Auriemma has redefined the meaning of success in women’s college basketball in his 28 years as head coach of the University of Connecticut. During his illustrious tenure, Auriemma has transformed the UConn program into the standard that all others are measured, both on and off the court.

Where is Geno Auriemma now?

Entering his 37th season in 2021-22, Geno Auriemma has redefined the meaning of success in as head coach of the University of Connecticut women’s basketball program.

How much does Coach K make at Duke?

According to Duke’s federal tax filings, Krzyzewski was paid over $12.5 million in 2020-2021. That’s a large sum of money for Krzyzewski to say the least, making him the highest-paid coach in college hoops.