Watch: UConn brings out live goat after Geno Auriemma becomes winningest coach in NCAA history

"He gives credit to everybody around him, and he doesn't really take it for himself," Huskies star guard Paige Bueckers said postgame, per ESPN's Alexa Philippou. "But what he's built here it's because of him, so he definitely downplays it. He doesn't want to do the whole thing: the celebration, the goats, the ice cream, it's all extra to him. But he deserves it, and we want to celebrate him because he doesn't celebrate himself a lot. So everyone around him will make sure they do that job." 

In 40 seasons, Auriemma has transformed the Huskies from a laughingstock to a powerhouse. They've won 11 national titles, had six perfect seasons and made 23 Final Fours during his tenure. Before he arrived in 1985, the program only had one winning season. 

Auriemma, VanDerveer, and former Duke HC Mike Krzyzewski are the only coaches with 1,200-plus wins. Unlike his peers, Auriemma has spent his career at one school. 

Despite the sterling résumé, Auriemma has seemingly never grown satisfied throughout his storied career.

"The thing that has always stuck out to me is this ability to not get complacent, to not get bored," former UConn and WNBA star Sue Bird recently told USA Today's Lindsey Schnell. "To try to constantly achieve this level of perfection at every practice, every game, it's pretty incredible to never have slippage, to never have a bad day in terms of your standards, especially when human nature is to get more relaxed."  

Auriemma's constant drive for more is one key reason he's still breaking records at 70. However, he should take some time to bask in his remarkable accomplishments. It's excellent that the program and his players are reminding him to do that.