Huskies of Honor is a recognition program sponsored by the University of Connecticut (UConn). Similar to a hall of fame, it honors the most significant figures in the history of the UConn Huskies—the university's athletic teams—especially the men's and women's basketball teams. The inaugural honorees, inducted in two separate ceremonies during the 2006–07 season, included thirteen men's basketball players, ten women's basketball players, and four head coaches, of whom two coaches—Jim Calhoun and Geno Auriemma—and four players—Ray Allen, Sue Bird, Swin Cash and Rebecca Lobo—are also enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Since that time, an additional thirteen women's basketball players, eleven men's basketball players, nine national championship teams, one women's basketball assistant coach, and one athletic director have been honored. One of these later honorees, player Maya Moore, was inducted to the Hall of Fame alongside Bird in 2025.

Men's basketball has been played at the University of Connecticut since 1901, when the school was known as Connecticut Agricultural College. The Huskies first achieved success under Coach Hugh Greer, who over a sixteen-year period led the team to twelve Yankee Conference championships, seven National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Tournament berths, and one National Invitation Tournament appearance before dying suddenly during the 1962–63 college basketball season. It was not until Calhoun took over the university's basketball program in 1985, however, that UConn grew from a regional basketball power to a nationally prominent one. Under Calhoun, UConn won three national championships (1999, 2004, 2011), seven Big East tournaments, and ten Big East regular season titles, while placing twenty-six former players into the National Basketball Association (NBA). Following Calhoun's retirement, new head coach Kevin Ollie would lead UConn to a fourth national championship win in 2014. Ollie's successor, current head coach Dan Hurley, led UConn to two more national titles in 2023 and 2024.

Women's basketball was not a major sport at UConn until the arrival of Auriemma in 1985. Under his guidance UConn has enjoyed unprecedented success, winning 12 national titles, including six at the end of undefeated seasons and four consecutive championships from 2013–16. The Huskies also have the two longest winning streaks in NCAA Division I basketball history, at 111 games from 2014–17 and 90 games from 2008–10. Connecticut's rivalry with women's basketball power Tennessee has been one of the most celebrated in the sport. Twenty-six former UConn women's basketball players have gone on to play in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and six—Sue Bird in 2002, Diana Taurasi in 2004, Tina Charles in 2010, Maya Moore in 2011, Breanna Stewart in 2016, and Paige Bueckers in 2025—have been selected first overall in the WNBA draft. Stewart, Moriah Jefferson, and Morgan Tuck were the first three picks in the 2016 draft; this marked the first time three players from the same college were selected 1-2-3 in the draft of any major sport.

Placards honoring the members of the Huskies of Honor are hung at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion, the on-campus home court of UConn basketball. Additional information about each of the honorees is displayed on the concourse between the upper and lower stands.

Honorees

+Key Inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame

Men's basketball No.NamePositionSeasonsHometownInducted 34 G1993–96Merced, California 44G1963–67 Poughkeepsie, New York 24G1989–93 New Haven, Connecticut 3F2000–02Racine, Wisconsin 22F / C1965–68 Williston Park, New York 3C1942–47 Moosup, Connecticut 42G1997–2000 Minneapolis, Minnesota — –1932–34 New Haven, Connecticut 22F2004–06 Baltimore, Maryland 4G2001–04 Mount Vernon, New York 32G / F1996–99 Coatesville, Pennsylvania 42G1973–77Waterbury, Connecticut 11 F 2022–26 Southborough, Massachusetts 42F / C1961–65Framingham, Massachusetts 42F1991–94Reading, Pennsylvania 13G2010–14Roxbury, Massachusetts 2G2022–24El Paso, Texas 50C2001–04 Bellaire, Texas 13F1951–54Greenwich, Connecticut 25C1951–55 New London, Connecticut 00F / C1985–89Buffalo, New York 13G1988–92 Bridgeport, Connecticut 34C2006–09 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 52F1978–82Middletown, Connecticut 15G2008–11Bronx, New York 22F1948–52Bloomfield, Connecticut 999—Head coach1986–2012 Braintree, Massachusetts 999—Head coach1969–77Worcester, Massachusetts 999—Head coach1946–63Suffield, Connecticut 999—1998–99 teamTeam1998–99— 999—2003–04 teamTeam2003–04—

Women's basketball No.NamePositionSeasonsHometownInducted 25F1997–2001 Saint Petersburg, Russia 24C / F1987–91Epping, New Hampshire 10 G1998–2002Syosset, New York 5 G 2020–25 Hopkins, Minnesota 32F1998–2002McKeesport, Pennsylvania 31C2006–10Jamaica, New York 24 F 2015–19 Jefferson City, Missouri 31C2010–14Port Jervis, New York 3 F 2020–24 Kingston, Ontario 14G2010–14North Babylon, New York 4G2012–16Glenn Heights, Texas 50 C / F1991–95Southwick, Massachusetts 20G2005–09 St. Albans, West Virginia 23 F2007–11 Lawrenceville, Georgia 23F2011–15Anaheim Hills, Anaheim, California 33G1996–2001Fayetteville, North Carolina 21G1992–96New Fairfield, Connecticut 42G1994–98Bloomfield, Connecticut 33 F 2015–19 Fullerton, California 30 F2012–16North Syracuse, New York 3G2000–04Chino, California 3F2012–16Grand Rapids, Michigan / Bolingbrook, Illinois 15G2014–18 Sparks, Nevada 52C1993–97 Holliston, Massachusetts 999— Head coach 1985–presentMontella, Italy / Norristown, Pennsylvania 999—head coach, associateAssociate head coach1985–presentNew Brunswick, New Jersey 999—1994–95 teamTeam1994–95— 999—1999–2000 teamTeam1999–2000— 999—2001–02 teamTeam2001–02— 999—2002–03 teamTeam2002–03— 999—2003–04 teamTeam2003–04 — 999— 2008-09 team Team 2008-09 — 999— 2009-10 team Team 2009-10 — 999— 2012–13 team Team 2012–13 — 999— 2013–14 team Team 2013–14 — 999— 2014–15 team Team 2014–15 — 999— 2015–16 team Team 2015–16 —

Administrators No.NamePositionSeasonsHometownInducted 999—Athletic director1969–87Nantucket, Massachusetts20090228February 28, 2009

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References

External links

Huskies of Honor UConn's official website