{"id":355439,"date":"2026-08-17T04:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/geno-auriemma-opens-up-about-his-four-decades-at-uconn"},"modified":"2026-08-17T04:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:38:17","slug":"geno-auriemma-opens-up-about-his-four-decades-at-uconn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/geno-auriemma-opens-up-about-his-four-decades-at-uconn","title":{"rendered":"Geno Auriemma Opens Up About His 4 A long time at UCONN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Geno Auriemma<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Looking Back On 4 Decades At UCONN<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">&#8230; &#8216;Touching,&#8217; &#8216;Humbling,&#8217; &amp; &#8216;Painful&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-08-17T00:30:24-07:00\"><br \/>\n               August 17, 2026<br \/>\n              12:30 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-29df97b172b64eafb35bedc28ba1de70\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-ffd3b464-8cc9-416e-93d0-52b5aebaefa3-278349019-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-ffd3b464-8cc9-416e-93d0-52b5aebaefa3-278349019-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"coach\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/bc\/16by9\/2026\/08\/12\/bc8d2d9f72e74a23a17106f171e665b7_md.jpg\" alt=\"geno-auriemma-uconn-kal-08-12-2026\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-29df97b172b64eafb35bedc28ba1de70--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ada96c20274a6347f3b010bc3eea9df3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/geno-auriemma\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Geno Auriemma<\/strong><\/a> is revisiting his historic run with the Huskies in a new doc &#8230; and the legendary UCONN coach says the experience left him feeling a whole range of emotions.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ada96c20274a6347f3b010bc3eea9df3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c183843d4552ded1e4559b198b1cb8bd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>\u201cSome of it brought back some great memories. Some of it was a little bit painful to look at,&#8221; the 12x National Champion winning coach told <strong>Babcock<\/strong>, adding, &#8220;You shake your head and you&#8217;re like, &#8216;What are you thinking,&#8217; you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c183843d4552ded1e4559b198b1cb8bd--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-063a014125a7c7a3037f0660e96d3ad9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20241121_ac19bfff35d14fc29a28ea04a8a85bad\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:81a1ee1b-0e22-4acd-9dab-acaa17994480\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ac\/4by3\/2024\/11\/21\/ac19bfff35d14fc29a28ea04a8a85bad_md.jpg\" alt=\"Geno Auriemma uconn\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-063a014125a7c7a3037f0660e96d3ad9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-40a5207010e9d84109d92e9776940308\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Like what? &#8220;Some of the dumbass things that I said.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-40a5207010e9d84109d92e9776940308--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5a709778642655a36cf889198ebbd61e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5a709778642655a36cf889198ebbd61e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c5f54d481db4069453bd23881e74c4e3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Despite the process not being all rainbows and sunshine, overall it was a rewarding experience for the coach.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c5f54d481db4069453bd23881e74c4e3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-32d805860d0fc4a78f8a8a33e9513692\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>\u201cAll in all, I think what it brought back for me was the incredible journey and how many people it took to make all this work,&#8221; 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