Chapter Four
Pat vs Geno
the Coaching Numbers
Despite playing the toughest schedule in Women's College Basketball year in and year out Coach Pat Summitt has a better overall winning percentage than Geno.
It is interesting that the University of Tennessee website actually lists Coach Pat's winning percentage vs ranked teams and breaks it down by Top 10 and 11 to 25 rankings
VS. RANKED TEAMS OVERALL: 396-151 (.730) "updated to reflect last year.
RANKED 1-10: 165-111 (.600)
RANKED 11-25: 217-37 (.854)
I can find no like analysis on the UConn website and it's little wonder. We know for instance from chapter one that Geno has gone 9 and 17 vs top 20 teams for the past three years. The comparison that UConn played only 26 ranked foes since 2004 and Tennessee played 17 top 20 foes last year alone tells us that the comparison is not very flattering to Geno.
We also know that Geno gave the UConn fan's a thrilling schedule of 14 games vs teams with RPI's of less than 100 last year alone. So Geno's overall coaching record must be viewed under the microscope of a weak Big East, a penchant for lining up sub 100 RPI out of conference foes and the 9 and 17 record of the past three years while Pat's record reflects nearly 50% of
Tennessee's games vs Top 25 opponents 547 of 1127 games played vs the top 25
Pat Head Summitt - 33 seasons as head coach
OVERALL: 947-180 (.840) vs Geno 621 - 120 ( 834)
HOME: 431-42 (.911)
AWAY: 311-79 (.797)
NEUTRAL: 205-59 (.776)
SEC GAMES
OVERALL: 379-57 (.869) vs. all SEC
HOME: 169-12 (.933)
AWAY: 143-29 (.831)
NEUTRAL: 67-16 (.807)
NON-CONFERENCE GAMES
OVERALL: 568-123 (.821)
SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS (14 out of 28) 1980, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007
SEC TOURNAMENT TITLES (12 of 28) 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006
OVERALL: 55-16 (.782)
OVERALL: 55-16 (.782)
TITLES: 12 out of 28
VS. RANKED TEAMS
OVERALL: 382-148 (.721)
RANKED 1-10: 165-111 (.600)
RANKED 11-25: 217-37 (.854)
UNRANKED TEAMS
OVERALL: 565-32 (.947)
NCAA TOURNAMENT
OVERALL: 98-19 (.838)
FIRST/SECOND ROUNDS: 40-0
24 REGIONAL SEMIS: 22-4
20 REGIONAL FINALS: 17-5
16 NCAA FINAL FOURS: 19-10
NCAA TITLES: 7 (1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007)
SEC COACH OF THE YEAR7 (1993, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007)
NCAA COACH OF THE YEAR7 (1983, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2004)
NAISMITH COACH OF THE CENTURY 2000
Head Coach Geno Auriemma thru 2006
All-Time: 589-116 (.835/21 yrs.)
NCAA Tournament: 61-14 (.817)
