UConn women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma has officially passed former Duke men’s coach Mike Krzyzewski as No. 2 in the all-time wins list. The achievement happened after the Huskies picked up a 73-53 win against Creighton on Monday.
The top two winningest coaches are in women’s basketball as Auriemma now only trails Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer, who passed Krzyzewski in January. As of Feb. 19, VanDerveer has 1,209 career wins and Auriemma just reached No. 1,203.
Auriemma has led the program to six undefeated seasons and 11 national championships, the most in NCAA basketball history. With Monday’s result, UConn also secured at least a share of the Big East regular season title for the 11th consecutive season.
These are all huge achievements that deserve recognition, but it is that time of the season in which the Huskies, including the coaching staff, are trying to just stay focused on the bigger goal.
“Am I reflecting on my great career and basking in all the adulation that I get? Didn’t I look like that on the sideline?” Auriemma joked during the postgame interview when asked about how he thinks of the achievements as they happen. “I think earlier in my career as things were happening…
