As UConn basketball head coach Dan Hurley and his sideline antics have been in the news lately, there was an interesting conversation between him and Geno Auriemma. With a recent incident involving Hurley and an official, the UConn women’s basketball head coach in Auriemma spoke about his anger when coaching and his perspective on the topic.
Part of the program’s video series titled “Legendary Basketball,” Auriemma and Hurley spoke about their coaching stints with the Huskies. One notable part was when Auriemma spoke about how when he gets “angrier,” it leads to a “negative impact” on his team.
“The way we act has a huge impact on our players. They’re so impressionable because they look at you different than they may have looked at you five years ago,” Auriemma said to Hurley. “So now if you’re like killing a kid, and you’re telling them that they stink, they don’t want to fight you a lot of times. They want to just crawl in a hole because a guy that they really admire and look up to just told them that they’re horrible.
“I found out that when I’m on the sideline now, the angrier I get, the more animated I get, if I overdo it, it has a negative impact on my team,” Auriemma continued. “Took me a while to realize that.”
“The angrier I get and the more I do it, it has a negative impact on my team” – Geno Auriemma
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— Hoop Herald (@TheHoopHerald) January 24, 2025
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