Athletics
How Hot Sauce Shots Will Be Sending Kids To UConn Games
From heartburn to heartwarming.
January 20, 2021 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
UConn Legend Dee Rowe Passes Away at the Age of 91
Donald E. (Dee) Rowe, former head coach of UConn's men's basketball and UConn's iconic Athletics and Institutional Ambassador for the past 53 years, passed away early Sunday at his home in Storrs at the age of 91.
January 10, 2021 | Athletic Communications
“You Figure It Out”: Geno’s Huskies Ready for Season, Despite COVID Challenges
Expectations are high for the UConn women's basketball team, which on Saturday will begin its first season as a Big East team since 2012-2013.
December 11, 2020 | Kenneth Best
Hurley: We’re on a Mission to Play in March
Despite the challenges presented by COVID-19, men's basketball coach Dan Hurley says his team is focused on success.
December 9, 2020 | Kenneth Best
Hurley: Big East is Returning to National Stage, No Nights Off
The UConn men's basketball team is back in the Big East, beginning the 2020-2021 season on Wednesday against Central Connecticut State University.
November 24, 2020 | Kenneth Best
Geno Auriemma Supports New Program to Further Boost UConn Grad Students at the Recruiting Table
Geno Auriemma is partnering with the UConn School of Business by supporting a new lecture-and-workshop series to help 2,000 graduate business students enhanced their leadership skills.
October 22, 2020 | Claire Hall
Countering Concussion Complacency
A UConn neurologist and sports medicine expert weighs in on a published study showing no link between tackle football at an early age and more concussion complications in college.
October 21, 2020 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
UConn Graduate Leads NBA’s Digital Efforts
Jeff Marsilio ’01 CLAS was a basketball season ticket holder during his undergraduate days at UConn, but never thought that the sport would someday be his career.
September 3, 2020 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
UConn Legend Nancy Stevens Looks Back on Hall of Fame Field Hockey Coaching Career
Nancy Stevens, the Hall of Fame head coach of UConn's vaunted field hockey program, reflects on her career after announcing her retirement.
September 1, 2020 | Kenneth Best
UConn’s KSI Launches innovATe Program to Aid High School Athletes
UConn's Korey Stringer Institute is launching a new program to bring the medical care provided by athletic trainers to more secondary school athletes.
August 26, 2020 | Kim Markesich, for the College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources