Geno Auriemma, 70, isn’t ready for his coaching career to become a nostalgic memory.

He ascended to the peak of college basketball in 2016 after winning his 11th title, but since then, other teams started climbing, too. Kim Mulkey won her fourth title in 2023 and Dawn Staley has three in the last eight years.

This season Auriemma will pass former Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer’s record mark of 1,216 wins and when he does, he will have officially done it all. But the coach has his eye on another number: Eight.

“It’s been eight years since we last won a National Championship,” he says. “I want to win one for this group to remind everybody that UConn is still making history.”