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Message: [QUOTE="bags27, post: 2473866, member: 6761"] Well, FWIW (meaning not sure I've found confirmation of this fact anywhere else), Geno actually coached tennis! (Reading this over now, perhaps I was a bit presumptuous: it says he taught (doesn't say coached) tennis. [I]Auriemma, who played tennis in college, was roped into the event after expressing an interest in attending the Friday night matches. He borrowed a racket from UConn director of tennis Glenn Marshall, who hit balls with him a few times this summer. Of course, Auriemma left New Haven with one of McEnroe's rackets. When there was a delay to repair the net during his match with Courier on Stadium Court, McEnroe grabbed the microphone and auctioned off his racket. He wound up giving away two rackets for $3,500 each — one of the two bids came from Auriemma and his wife, Kathy — with proceeds going to the Smilow Cancer Hospital. McEnroe joked that Auriemma needed the racket to improve his serve. Really, his serve wasn't bad for a guy who had not played competitive tennis in about 30 years. [B]He taught tennis at UConn during his first four years at the school, but that was a lifetime ago.[/B][/I] [URL="http://www.genosgrille.com/events-calendar/geno-takes-on-john-mcenroe-at-ct-open-charity-match"]Geno Takes On John McEnroe at CT Open[/URL] [/QUOTE]