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The Huskies have won six national championships the past eight years. They have been to the Final Four nine consecutive times. Auriemma has coached his country to two Olympic gold medals. He said Monday he will coach no more Olympics, but after more than three decades at UConn?
"I've never had a timetable," Auriemma, 62, said at AAC media day. "I never thought this is a good time. This is a bad time. This is a perfect time. When it's time to step down I don't think it will have anything to do with our record. I think it will have more to do with how I feel about what I'm doing."
"I talked to our coaches the other day about Alexander the Great," Auriemma said. "I think the guys in the rock 'n' roll business took his great saying: I'd rather burn out than fade away. The thing that every coach worries about is staying too long.
"I have a great job," Auriemma said. "I have a great situation. I'm in a great place with tremendous people around me. I'll know when the time is right to retire. It's not there yet."
This year is too challenging, too exciting to miss.
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