Luigi "Geno" Auriemma (born March 23, 1954) is an Italian-born American college basketball coach and, since 1985, the head coach of the University of Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team. As of 2021, 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. More about Geno Auriemma
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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 had to teach himself English after coming to the United States. After graduating from West Chester University of Pennsylvania 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.In total, we tracked 56 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
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 HOF Basketball Coach Geno Auriemma Hand Signed Autograph 8X10 Photo) found a new owner for $0.50 in October 2013. The month with the most items sold (7) was December 2016 with an average selling price of $27.99 for an autographed item of Geno Auriemma. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2022 with $59.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.70 was October 2015. In average, an autographed item from Geno Auriemma is worth $17.49.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Geno Auriemma were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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GENO AURIEMMA UCONN AUTOGRAPHED CARD | $6.55 | ||
GENO AURIEMMA UCONN AUTOGRAPHED CARD | $9.95 | ||
GENO AURIEMMA UCONN AUTOGRAPHED CARD | $9.95 | ||
GENO AURIEMMA UCONN AUTOGRAPHED CARD | $9.95 | ||
Geno Auriemma - UCONN Women's Head Basketball Coach - Autographed Business Card | $10.00 | ||
Geno Auriemma Autographed UConn Basketball Business Card Signed Autograph | $9.99 | ||
GENO AURIEMMA Connecticut Huskies Signed Autographed EX LIBRIS Bookplate WORLD | $3.74 | ||
Geno Auriemma Rebecca Lobo SIGNED 8 X 10 Photo UCONN Huskies | $59.99 | ||
Geno Auriemma Signed 2013 New Orleans Women’s Final Four Card Autograph UConn | $15.00 | ||
Geno Auriemma UConn Huskies Coach Basketball signed autographed business card | $14.95 |
Geno expects Bueckers ready for start of season (06/20/23): UConn coach Geno Auriemma expressed confidence that Paige Bueckers will be ready for the start of the regular season after she missed all of last year with a torn ACL.
Geno: Women's tourney should stay its own entity (04/03/23): UConn women's coach Geno Auriemma is in Houston for the men's national final, and on Sunday, he spoke to ESPN, illustrating the need to keep both the men's and women's tourneys separate because that provides "a different viewing option."
UConn ousted, will miss 1st Final Four since 2007 (03/26/23): No. 2 seed UConn will not appear in the Final Four for the first time since 2007, after Geno Auriemma's Huskies struggled in the Sweet 16 of the Seattle 3 Regional on Saturday, falling to the No. 3 seed Ohio State Buckeyes 73-61.
Auriemma: UConn will have 'hands full' with Ohio State in Sweet 16 (03/25/23): Geno Auriemma knows his Huskies can't overlook Ohio State's trademark press when they clash in the Sweet 16.
'We're unbreakable now': After topsy-turvy regular season, UConn is in March mod (03/16/23): Injury. Illness. Grief. Geno Auriemma and UConn have overcome it all this season. Now the Huskies are on the other side, eyeing a 15th straight Final Four.
UConn loses two straight for first time in 30 years (02/2023): For the first time in 30 years, Geno Auriemma's UConn Huskies lost back-to-back games as they fell Wednesday to the Marquette Golden Eagles 59-52 in Milwaukee, three days after losing to No. 1 South Carolina.
Auriemma feeling better after 4-game absence (01/2023): UConn coach Geno Auriemma returned to the sideline for Wednesday's win over St. John's following a four-game absence and said Saturday he feels "better than I felt in the last month."
Geno confident in next title: 'Just matter of when' (10/2022): Geno Auriemma is confident UConn will get back to its winning ways, saying "it's just a matter of when" the Huskies win another title.
UConn adds Portugal PG to help fill Bueckers void (08/2022): Inês Bettencourt, a 5-foot-9 point guard from the Azores in Portugal, will join the UConn women's basketball team as a freshman, coach Geno Auriemma announced.
Geno: UConn needed 'luck' vs. better team in SC (04/2022): After UConn coach Geno Auriemma saw his 11-0 record in national championship games come to an end Sunday, he acknowledged that South Carolina was simply the better team and that the Huskies were always "going to need a little bit of help" in order to win.
How UConn women's basketball went from promise to predicament in eight games (12/2021): Remember when it looked like Geno Auriemma's biggest challenge this season would be distributing minutes? UConn, with two losses, is now trying to find its way with eight available players.
UConn's Auriemma: Transfer portal is a 'mess' (05/2021): UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma says the transfer portal is a "mess" and that "there's something wrong with the culture of college basketball."
Baylor calls foul on non-call in loss to UConn (03/2021): Baylor was certain guard DiJonai Carrington was fouled by two UConn players with seconds left in their Elite Eight thriller, although officials didn't call it. Said Huskies coach Geno Auriemma: "I'm not going to sit here and apologize for it."
Say farewell to an eccentric, successful, soap opera-loving, 42-year head coach (03/2020): Harry Perretta is known for his quirks (an obsession with "All My Children") and his friendships (he palled around with both Geno Auriemma and Pat Summitt). After 42 seasons, the Villanova coach is calling it a career.
UConn coach Geno Auriemma is right: The Huskies shouldn't panic (02/2020): ESPN.com's experts examine UConn's 20-3 record and Geno Auriemma's recent comments, the keys to Baylor and which bubble teams to watch in March.
Geno Auriemma, UConn, Pat Summitt and Tennessee: A timeline (11/2019): Thirteen years have passed since they last played. And Pat Summitt is gone. But as seen recently, the UConn-Tennessee rivalry is as fiery as ever.