UConn women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma has signed an extension through the 2024-25 season, the school announced on Friday. A five-year deal retroactive to the 2020-21 season, it also includes two, one-year mutual options at the end of it.
“Geno Auriemma has meant so much to the University of Connecticut, and to our entire state, for the last 36 years,” UConn athletic director David Benedict said in a release. “The program that Geno has built is the gold standard in college athletics and I’m thrilled that he will continue to lead it for the foreseeable future.”
Auriemma’s base salary will be $600,000 per year along with additional compensation for speaking, consulting and media obligations that paid him $2.