Dee Rowe used to come to practice every day. He would sit 15 or 16 rows up at Gampel Pavilion and watch the program he once led handle its business. Then once it was over, head coach Dan Hurley would venture up the concrete steps, past all of the blue seats and sit down with Rowe. Hurley said he’d listen to Rowe rattled off stories about the days of Jim Calhoun’s and Geno Auriemma’s time at UConn.
The UConn athletic department announced that Rowe died Sunday morning, at the age of 91. Rowe was the head coach of UConn men’s basketball from 1969-1977.