Geno Auriemma Autographs
Luigi "Geno" Auriemma (born March 23, 1954) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of the UConn Huskies women's basketball team. He holds the record for most wins (1,225) and highest winning percentage (.882) among college coaches with a minimum of 10 seasons, any level, men's or women's. Since becoming head coach in 1985, he 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. 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. Auriemma was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
Auriemma emigrated with his family from Montella in Southern Italy to Norristown, Pennsylvania when he was seven years old, and he spent the rest of his childhood there. Auriemma grew up poor, with his parents working low wage factory jobs. Auriemma had to teach himself English after coming to the United States. After graduating from West Chester University in 1977, Auriemma was hired as an assistant coach at Saint Joseph's University, where he worked in 1978 and 1979. Prior to coaching at Saint Joseph's University he began his career coaching women's basketball at Bishop McDevitt HS in Wyncote, Pennsylvania. He then took a two-year absence from college basketball, serving as an assistant coach at his former high school, Bishop Kenrick, before assuming an assistant coaching position with the University of Virginia Cavaliers women's team in 1981. Auriemma became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994 at the age of 40, noting in his autobiography that he finally decided to naturalize when his University of Connecticut team was slated to tour Italy that summer and he was concerned about potential problems, as he had never done any required national service in his birth country.
When he was growing up, his favorite team was the 1970s New York Knicks coached by Red Holzman.
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Current items with a signature of Geno Auriemma
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Traded items with a signature of Geno Auriemma
The most expensive item with a signature of Geno Auriemma (2010 Womens NCAA Final Four San Antonio GENO AURIEMMA signed chair UCONN) was sold in March 2017 for $525.95 while the cheapest item (UCONN Huskies GENO AURIEMMA Signed 4x6 Photo BASKETBALL HOF AUTOGRAPH) found a new owner for $0.01 in December 2024. The month with the most items sold (8) was February 2024 with an average selling price of $19.97 for an autographed item of Geno Auriemma. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2022 with $124.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was November 2008. In average, an autographed item from Geno Auriemma is worth $19.99.
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Latest News about Geno Auriemma
Will anyone be able to catch Geno Auriemma? UConn's coach calls trying to pass h (11/22/2024): No active Division I coach is close to Auriemma's total victories, which stands at 1,217, and counting 
Lakers targeting Dan Hurley: Geno Auriemma believes UConn coach could 'win a lot (06/06/2024): Auriemma and Hurley shared some words about Hurley's candidacy for the Lakers job UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma earns contract extension through en (05/21/2021): The famed UConn women's basketball coach will start out making $2.8 million under the extension UConn coach Geno Auriemma tests positive for COVID-19 days before Women's NCAA T (03/15/2021): Auriemma tested positive on Sunday and is isolating at home without symptoms, the school says UConn? Worried? Not as Long as Auriemma Is in Charge (03/10/2020): After a trying season for Coach Geno Auriemma and his team, UConn’s women find themselves in a familiar position: with a chance to win a 12th national championship.
Older News Stories about Geno Auriemma
UConn, Tennessee and the Gamesmanship of Auriemma and Summitt (01/2020): Geno Auriemma, the UConn coach, has said he doesn’t see why the two-year resumption of its Tennessee rivalry is “such a big deal.” Tennessee Coach Kellie Harper sees past that. Let the games begin (again).
