20 unbelievable did you know facts about the UConn Huskies and Coach Auriemma

1.  Did you know that Luigi "Geno" is an Italian-born American Head coach of the University of Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team since 1985?
2.    Did you know that  as of 2021, Auriemmahe has led UConn to 17 undefeated conference seasons (including eight consecutive), of which six were undefeated overall seasons, with 11 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?
   
3. Did you know that 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.?
4.  Did you know that Auriemma was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006?
5.  Did you know that Prior to Auriemma's arrival in 1985, the Huskies women's basketball team had posted only one winning season in its history?
6.  Did you know that the 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.?
   
7.  Did you know that 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;^[16] the streak ended at 90 wins?
8.  Did you know that the Huskies subsequently broke their own record with an 111-game winning streak that began in 2014 and ended in 2017?
9.  Did you know that  the Huskies have appeared in every NCAA Tournament since 1989–as of the end of the 2022–23 season, the third-longest active consecutive appearances streak in Division I. history? 
10. Did you know that the Connecticut winning percentage is the highest among Division I active
    
    
    coaches?
11. Did you know thsat in Auriemma career at UConn he has had 20 seasons with 30 or more wins?
12. Did you know that UConn has won eleven national championships under Auriemma (1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016)
13. Did you know that UConn has made the Final Four 20 times^[(1991, 1995, 1996, 2000–2004, 2008–2019)?
14. Did you know that  Auriemma has also guided UConn to 21 conference regular season titles and 20 conference tournament titles?
15. Did you know that  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?
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    Did you know that UConn tied an NCAA women's basketball record with 69 consecutive home wins between 2000 and 2003 and they broke that record in 2011?
17. Did you know that  the home loss to Villanova ended their 70-game winning streak?
18.  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 attendance?
19. Did you know that 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??
20. Did you know that Auriemma reached his 1,200th career win against Seton Hill on February 7, 2024

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