UConn women’s basketball had the event planned months ago, well before Wednesday’s game against Farleigh Dickinson officially became coach Geno Auriemma’s first chance to surpass all the college basketball coaches before him.
The school announced in September it would celebrate the program’s 40 years under Auriemma and associate head coach Chris Dailey during the FDU game. More than 60 former Huskies players were already expected back in Storrs, Connecticut, perhaps confident their Hall of Fame coach would make history in front of them with another talented roster led by potential 2025 No. 1 WNBA draft pick Paige Bueckers. The UConn Dairy Bar even released new flavors in honor of Auriemma and Dailey.
Auriemma, 70, sits just one win away from breaking college basketball’s all-time wins record, a mark made possible by a decades-long run of dominance at UConn that produced some of the sport’s defining stars and helped fuel the rise in popularity of women’s basketball. He tied former Stanford women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer, who retired after last season, with 1,216 career wins when No. 2 UConn improved to 3-0 by beating No. 15 North Carolina last Friday.
Mike Krzyzewski, who retired in 2022, holds the record in men’s basketball after winning 1,202 games at Army and Duke.
This is just the second time UConn and FDU have played in women’s basketball. The Huskies, in their 74-28 win on Nov. 25, 2011, held FDU to five first-half points. The Knights are 4-1 this season with a 77-56 loss to Syracuse in their most recent game.
Here’s more information on how to watch Auriemma as he goes for college basketball’s all-time wins record when No. 2 UConn plays FDU on Wednesday, as well as more background on Auriemma’s history-making accomplishments:
UConn vs. FDU: Time, TV for Geno Auriemma all-time wins record
The UConn women’s basketball game vs. FDU is scheduled to tip off at 7 p.m. ET. It will be broadcast regionally on SNY and the UConn Sports Network.
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 20
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Location: Gampel Pavilion (Storrs, Connecticut)
TV: SNY (regional)
How to stream UConn vs. FDU
The UConn vs. FDU game will be available to stream through SNY to in-market (Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania) authenticated subscribers via the SNY app. Out-of-market fans who have FOX as part of their television package can stream the game through Foxsports.com or the FOX Sports app.
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NCAA basketball coaches all-time wins list
Here’s the current all-time wins list for Div. I men’s and women’s basketball coaches ahead of UConn’s game against FDU on Wednesday, Nov. 20.
Geno Auriemma: 1,216 wins (UConn women)
Tara VanDerveer: 1,216 wins (Stanford, Ohio State, Idaho women)
Mike Krzyzewski: 1,202 wins (Duke, Army men)
Pat Summitt: 1,098 wins (Tennessee women)
C. Vivian Stringer: 1,058 wins (Rutgers, Iowa, Cheyney women)
Sylvia Hatchell: 1,023 wins (North Carolina women)
Jim Boeheim: 1,015 wins (Syracuse men)*
Muffet McGraw: 936 wins (Notre Dame, Lehigh women)
Bob Huggins: 935 wins (Cincinnati, West Virginia, Kansas State, Akron men)
Jim Calhoun: 920 wins (UConn, Northeastern men)
*Does not include 101 vacated wins for NCAA violations
How old is Geno Auriemma?
Auriemma is 70 years old and will turn 71 on March 23, which also coincides with the first weekend of the 2025 NCAA women’s basketball tournament this season.
Geno Auriemma salary
UConn signed Auriemma to a contract extension last June that made him the highest-paid women’s basketball coach in the country at $3.34 million for the 2024-25 season. The five-year extension, which runs through the 2028-29 season, was worth at least $18.7 million, according to the university, and the value of the deal could increase based on performance incentives.
Under Auriemma, the Huskies have reached 23 Final Fours and won 11 national championships — completing six perfect seasons. The Huskies have advanced to at least the Sweet 16 every year since 1994, when the women’s NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams. Auriemma has been named Naismith National Coach of the Year eight times and AP National Coach of the Year nine times. He was inducted to both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
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