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,

The UConn Huskies defeated Fairleigh Dickinson, 85-41, on Wednesday to secure Auriemma's 1,217th career win. With the victory, Auriemma broke the all-time wins record for an NCAA college basketball coach by surpassing former Stanford women's basketball coach Tara VanDerveer, who retired after last season with 1,216 career wins.

Geno Auriemma became the winningest coach in NCAA basketball history on Wednesday in front of a sold-out Gampel Pavilion when his Huskies defeated Fairleigh Dickinson.