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| System ID: | jl-2635bea5820e47982b69cc4dd74d9c75 |
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| Title: | At UConn, Dan Hurley and Geno Auriemma share a bond over life at the top of college basketball |
| Link: | Original article on nytimes.com |
| Region: | US |
| Topics: | national; coach; hurley; life; bond; basketball; uconn; school; share; mens; auriemma; college; programs; womens; geno; dan; teams; UConn Huskies men's basketball; College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS; Geno Auriemma; College basketball; Secondary school; Basketball; Mike Krzyzewski; NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament; St. Benedict's Preparatory School; Billy Donovan |
| Datetime: | 4/3/2026, 9:00:17 AM |
| Summary: | Which, frankly, is fitting, given the coaches’ respective roles over two decades ago, when the present pillars of UConn basketball first crossed paths. “I remember being very insecure and self-conscious about what he was going to think of the practice that I was running, as a pretty inexperienced high school coach,” Hurley said. Geno Auriemma is watching me practice.”Did Hurley say anything to Auriemma that day? (UConn is the only school to have its men’s and women’s programs win national championships in the same year, also accomplishing the feat in 2004. The relationship between Auriemma and former men’s coach Jim Calhoun, who arrived at UConn in 1986, a year after Auriemma, could be best described as frosty.... |
