UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma signed a five-year extension that will keep him as the program’s coach through the 2028-29 season, the school announced Tuesday. Auriemma, 70, will be compensated $3.34 million for the first season with a $200,000 raise each year of the contract, making him the highest-paid women’s basketball coach in the country.
“I still find it hard to believe that I’ve been at UConn for over half my life,” Auriemma said in the release. “I feel like there’s so much more that can be done, and will be done, and I’m excited to be the one to do it with my staff and my team. I’m probably as excited about these next few years as I’ve ever been over the last 40.”
The GOATfather is here to stay 🐐
Geno Auriemma has signed a five-year contract extension. pic.twitter.com/1WW2qASDqK
— UConn Women’s Basketball (@UConnWBB) June 4, 2024
Auriemma is four wins shy of passing former Stanford women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer as the all-time winningest coach in both men’s and women’s college basketball history. VanDerveer, who retired in April, set the mark this past season (1,216 wins) in her 45th year of coaching.
The 2024-25 season will be Auriemma’s 40th season in coaching, with all 40 seasons coming at UConn.
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