UConn Huskies women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma became the oldest coach to win a Division I basketball title in either the men's or women's sports following the team's 12th championship on Sunday. "Well, all those other coaches had the good sense to not stick around until they were 71," Auriemma said, per ESPN's Michael Voepel following the 82-59 win over the South Carolina Gamecocks.

With a March birthday, Auriemma was 71 years and 14 days old at the time of the victory on Sunday. The previous record for the oldest winning coach in women's Division I basketball was held by Stanford's Tara VanDerveer, who won the title in 2021 at 67 years and 282 days old. In men's Division I, the oldest winning coach was UConn's Jim Calhoun, who was 68 years and 329 days old when his team won in 2011.