PHILADELPHIA — Former Bishop Kenrick High School guard Geno Auriemma is now the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history. If that sentence required a double-take, you're likely not alone.

UConn's Geno Auriemma has officially surpassed Tara VanDerveer to become the winningest coach in NCAA Division I basketball history. Auriemma secured his record-breaking 1,217th win on Wednesday with the Huskies beating Fairleigh Dickinson 85-41,

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Geno Auriemma became the winningest coach in NCAA college basketball history, earning his 1,217th victory as No. 2 UConn beat Fairleigh Dickinson 85-41 on Wednesday night.