| Chris Dailey | |
| Current Title: | Associate head coach |
| Current Team: | Connecticut |
| Current Conference: | Big East Conference |
| Birth Date: | 9 August 1959 |
| Birth Place: | New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Rutgers Connecticut |
| Player Years1: | 1978–1982 |
| Player Team1: | Rutgers |
| Coach Years1: | 1982–1983 |
| Coach Team1: | Cornell (asst.) |
| Coach Years2: | 1983–1985 |
| Coach Team2: | Rutgers (asst.) |
| Coach Years3: | 1985–1988 |
| Coach Team3: | Connecticut (asst.) |
| Coach Years4: | 1988–present |
| Coach Team4: | Connecticut (AHC) |
| Championships: | As a Player:AIAW Tournament Champion (1982) As an Assistant: 11× NCAA tournament National Champion (1995, 2000, 2002-2004, 2009, 2010, 2013-2016) 23× Big East Regular Season Champion (1989-1991, 1994-2004, 2007-2011, 2021-2024) 7× AAC Regular Season Champion (2014-2020) 21× Big East tournament champion (1989, 1991, 1994-2002, 2005, 2006, 2008-2012, 2021-2023) 7× AAC Tournament Champion (2014-2020) |
| Awards: | Connecticut Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (2013) Rutgers Athletics Hall of Fame (1992) New Jersey Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame (2002) NJSWA’s Distinguished Service to Basketball Award Margo Dydek Award (2017) |
| Wbhof: | chris-dailey |
Christine A. Dailey[1] (born September 7, 1959) is an American women's basketball coach, who has been the associate head coach for the Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team since 1988.[2] Dailey was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018.
Raised in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dailey played prep basketball at St. Peter the Apostle High School.[3]
Dailey graduated from Douglass College of Rutgers University in 1982.[1] She played basketball for Rutgers from 1978-1982 and was a captain in her final two seasons. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in health and physical education.[4] [1]
Dailey was hired as an assistant for UConn in 1985 and was promoted to associate head coach in 1988. She has helped lead UConn to eleven national titles, 25 conference regular season titles, and 24 conference tournament championships. In 2018, Dailey and Mickie DeMoss were inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame as the only assistant coaches to be inducted.[5] [6]
If the head coach of the team is unable to be present for a game, the most senior assistant takes over head coaching duties. In the case of UConn that is Dailey, who was initially assistant coach, but then became associate head coach. Although NCAA rules credit the game result (win or loss) to the head coach of record and not to the acting head coach, both the media and fans tend to keep track of the results when an assistant steps in for the head coach. Dailey is currently 17–0 when filling in for Auriemma. 9 wins occurred during regular season play, 6 were in two different conference tournaments, and 2 were the first rounds of the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[7] [8]