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Report: Geno Auriemma returning to coach Team USA in ’16 Olympics

Geno Auriemma

Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma watches play during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Penn State in Storrs, Conn., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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Geno Auriemma will be making a return to the Olympics.

Auriemma, UConn’s legendary women’s coach, will be the first coach to return for a second run at Olympic glory, having led the USA to Olympic gold in 2012. The news will be announced on Friday, according to the AP.

Auriemma had long said that he had no interest in returning to the Olympic sidelines similar to the way that Mike Krzyzewski had long intimated he didn’t want to return to USA basketball for the next Olympics. But Coach K will be coaching Team USA in Rio de Janeiro, and Auriemma will as well.

I do enjoy seeing coaches from the college ranks racking up the gold medals. And if there’s anything we know about the Duke men and the UConn women, it’s that their coach’s dedication to the Stars and Bars hasn’t hurt the programs.

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