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,

UConn's Geno Auriemma surpassed Tara VanDerveer's NCAA record with 1,217 career wins, becoming Division I basketball's all-time winningest coach.

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.