Geno Auriemma | UCONN Fastbreak Drills | Matt Duble

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I have coached at the NCAA Division 2 (Southwestern Oklahoma State University), NAIA (USAO), and JUCO Levels (Blinn College and Carl Albert State College) as well as high school. I just felt that fellow coaches especially young coaches need to constantly work on their “game”. Just like the basketball players that we coach. We as coaches need to improve ourselves. That is my story and why I do this blog.

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May 28, 2012

Where do you begin with Coach Geno Auriemma, the legendary head women’s basketball coach of the University of Connecticut? Over his 27 years at Connecticut Coach Auriemma has achieved many different accolades. He is the leader among active coaches in winning percentage at .861. He has raised 7 national championships trophies, second only 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. He 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 Huskies won 90 consecutive games breaking the previous record held by John Wooden and his mighty UCLA Bruins.

Before Coach Auriemma took the job at University of Connecticut the women’s basketball program had only one winning season in its history. From that point on, Auriemma and his teams have only had one losing record that being his first season in 1985. A staple in his incredible run at UConn has been his transition offense. Included you will find three of his favorite transition drills that really focus on making a team work as one unit. These drills are not ground breaking, but they are a necessity to build the fundamentals to a great transition break. These are great drills to encourage a competitive edge as each drill can be tweaked to really make teams have to work hard on a daily basis.

I have used all three of these drills personally and have seen the benefits in our transition game. I hope these drills help you begin to develop or instill a transition mindset in your team.

We have new basketball contributor in Matt Duble. I think that you will enjoy his basketball coaching material. He is the Women’s Assistant Basketball Coach at Covenant College a NCAA Division III member located on Lookout Mountain, GA