Records
Auriemma is the leader among active coaches in winning percentage at .861.
Auriemma's 7 national championships is second to Pat Summitt's 8.
There have only been 6 undefeated seasons in NCAA women's college basketball. Auriemma holds 4 of these seasons (1995, 2002, 2009, 2010).
Auriemma was the quickest women's coach to reach 500 wins, doing so in his 18th season. Auriemma also holds the record for fastest coach to reach 600 wins, he is tied for the fastest to reach 700 wins and holds the record for the fastest to 800 wins by any coach at any level men or women in the history of college basketball.
Auriemma set a record of 5 consecutive trips to the Final Four.
Auriemma's 2008-2010 teams broke a record for consecutive games won in college basketball with 90, beginning after a loss to Stanford on April 6, 2008 and ending with a loss to Stanford on December 30, 2010. They topped the mark set by his 2001-03 team who had won 70 straight.
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