She took over at Princeton in 2019 and has proven she can be just as dominant on both the D-I and Ivy League stages. In 2015, she was named the NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year. Over the course of 17 years, Berube compiled a 384-96 record along with two Division-III national championship appearances. After two years, Berube was promoted to her first head coaching role at Tufts University. Her first coaching experience came as an assistant coach at Big East foe Providence College in 2000. Here’s a look at other former UConn players serving as Division I head coaches and assistant coaches across the country this season:īerube helped lead UConn to its first national championship in 1995 as a player. In 2016, she took over as head coach at George Washington before leaving the program in 2021. She returned to Storrs in 2020 as an assistant.Ĭurrent Connecticut Sun team president and former Husky Jennifer Rizzotti began her coaching career at Hartford as head coach in 1999. Elliott (1992-96) began her coaching career as an assistant at UConn in 1998 for 11 years, before leading Cincinnati as a head coach for nine seasons. Valley (who played for UConn from 2000-04) led Hartford as head coach for two seasons (2019-2021) before returning to Storrs as an assistant coach. Some have taken their lessons learned from Auriemma and ventured out of Storrs to join coaching staffs at other colleges across the country.Īuriemma’s current assistants Morgan Valley and Jamelle Elliott are just two examples. He’s coached some of the biggest names in basketball: Rebecca Lobo, Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Breanna Stewart, right up through Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd.Īfter their playing careers concluded, some of Auriemma’s players have gone on to join him on the sideline as graduate assistants and assistant coaches. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) SUSAN WALSH / AP Show More Show Less (Photo by Matthew Maxey/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Icon Sportswire/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Show More Show Less 4 of8Ĭonnecticut's Sue Bird (10) Shea Ralph, center, and Svetlana Abrosimova, back, cheer as center Christine Rigby hits a basket to break 100 during the final moments of the Connecticut-Oklahoma NCAA East Regional Womens semi-final basketball game at the Siegel Center in Richmond, Va., Saturday March 25, 2000. NASHVILLE, TN - MARCH 02: Vanderbilt Commodores head coach Shea Ralph speaks during a postgame press conference following a first round game of the SEC Womens Basketball Tournament between the Vanderbilt Commodores and Texas A&M Aggies, March 2, 2022, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Bob Stowell/Getty Images) Robert W Stowell Jr / Getty Images Show More Show Less 3 of8 Mary Schwalm / Associated Press Show More Show Less 2 of8Ĭarla Berube, forward for the University of Connecticut women's basketball team, shoots a foul shot during a game at Storrs, CT, 1997.
Berube, a former UConn player, will lead her Tigers as a 10 seed in the Bridgeport Regional.
Princeton coach Carla Berube celebrates while cutting down the net after Princeton defeated Columbia in the Ivy League championship game Saturday.
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