Category | Coach Date of Birth | 23.03.1954 Country | USA
Clubs
Saint Joseph’s University NCAA (1978-1979)
Bishop Kenrick HS (1979-1981)
University of Virginia NCAA (1981-1985)
University of Connecticut NCAA (1985-2022)
Club Highlights
Twenty two-time NCAA Regional Final Four (1991, 1995, 1996, 2000-2004, 2008-2022)
Eleven-time NCAA Division I Tournament champion (1995, 2000, 2002-2004, 2009, 2010, 2013-2016)
National Team
COPABA Junior World Cup Qualifying Tournament gold medalist (2000)
U19 World Championship bronze medalist (2001)
Two-time World Championship gold medalist (2010, 2014)
Three-time Olympic Games gold medalist (2000, 2012, 2016)
Individual Highlights
Played 30 Conference tournaments (23 Big East, 7 AAC)
Led Connecticut to 17 undefeated conference seasons (eight consecutive 2014-2022)
Eight-time Naismith Coach of the Year (1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017)
Seven-time WBCA National Coach of the Year (1997, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017)
Nine-time AP Coach of the Year (1995, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017)
Six-time USBWA Women’s National Coach of the Year (1995, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017)
Ten-time Big East Coach of the Year (2014-2017, 2019)
Jahn R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award (2012)
National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame (2007)
Inducted into the Springfield Hall of Fame (2006)
Inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (2006)
Highest winning % of all NCAA coaches (men’s & women’s teams)
Head coaching record 1149-150 (Overall .835)
Established an NCAA Division I women’s record for consecutive victories by winning 70 straight games over the course of the 2002 and 2003 seasons