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Geno Auriemma University of Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma cutting down a net after his team defeated the University of Louisville in the national championship game of the NCAA college women's basketball tournament, 2013.

Geno Auriemma

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Also known as: Luigi Auriemma
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March 23, 1954, Montella, Italy (age 70)

Geno Auriemma (born March 23, 1954, Montella, Italy) is an Italian-born American basketball coach who led the University of Connecticut women’s team to a record 11 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championships between 1995 and 2016 and to an unprecedented six undefeated seasons. Auriemma’s family immigrated to Norristown, Pennsylvania, when he was seven years old. While attending West Chester State College (now West Chester University of Pennsylvania), Auriemma took an assistant coach position with the women’s team at St. Joseph’s University in nearby Philadelphia. After graduating in 1981, Auriemma joined the coaching staff at the University of Virginia. In ...(100 of 755 words)

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