Quiet leader of 1995 UConn women, Carla Berube’s coaching success at Princeton speaks volumes

[SVCBeercats]

Very nice article about Carla.

A quiet leader with the 1995 UConn women, Carla Berube’s coaching success at Princeton speaks volumes

The UConn women’s basketball teams of the mid-1990s made a lot of noise with high-profile players like Rebecca Lobo, Jennifer Rizzotti and Kara Wolters bringing the program to a crescendo, th…

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"Coach Geno Auriemma, in those days, wouldn’t have believed Berube had coaching in her future." Geno figured it out. About Carla coaching: “No, that would have involved communicating a lot, talking a lot, speaking to other people a lot,” Auriemma said. “And that wasn’t one of the things Carla was interested in, unless it was just me. Maybe Carla talked to everyone but me.”
Actually: "Berube said she never thought about coaching until after college when she took a volunteer job helping out at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. But once she did, she found herself channeling her former coach."

Former UConn players apply Auriemma lessons as coaches

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Tufts coach Carla Berube says Geno Auriemma would recognize a lot of the things she does in practice with her Jumbos. After all, she learned them while playing on Auriemma's first national championship team at UConn. Berube and her players are in Indianapolis this weekend...

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[eebmg]

Funny line

“The quietest maybe we’ve ever coached, one of the most reserved kids we’ve ever had play here,” Auriemma said. “One of the toughest kids we’ve ever had play here, and maybe all those qualities have served her well as a coach. And, to her credit, she only coaches where really smart kids go, so that helps.”

and she seems to be channeling the 95 team

“They’re SEC champs, we’re Ivy League champs,” Berube said. “We’ll be ready on Saturday to take them on.”
If that sounded somewhat defiant, remember that Berube isn’t just a former Husky, but a former ‘95er, the team that stared down the established national powerhouses and began the UConn run of success that continues to this day.

 

[Blakeon18]

After one of the UConn/LadyVol games none other than Coach Pat said that Carla was a glue-type of player...filling
in wherever needed to help the team win. And she was good at lots of things. She even on occasion played center a bit for UConn...and had serious post moves from her high school days where she also played a variety of positions.

 

[Plebe]

How can you not love Carla?

 

[BlueSkyGLW]

The original Silent Assassin according to RogueDave. Not conceding anything to Kentucky.....true blue member of first UConn national champs.