Great news: the Ucconn former head coach has announced his return.

Following NCAA rules that took effect on July 1, the school stated on Thursday that Cardoza and current UConn video coordinator Ben Kantor will be added as coaches. It permits collegiate basketball teams to hire two additional assistants.

One of the occupations seems to be made just for Cardoza. Connecticut specified that applicants for the post must have coached in NCAA Division I national championship games and had ten years or more of head coaching experience in a Division I program. Among the preferred credentials was coaching a national championship squad.

During his 1994–2008 tenure as an assistant at UConn, Cardoza helped guide the Huskies to five of their eleven national titles.

She led Temple as head coach for 14 seasons before being let go in 2022. With the Owls, Cardoza posted a 230–163 record that included four NCAA Tournament visits and seven 20-win seasons.

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I got my coaching foundation at UConn, she stated in a statement. This chance to return home to the place where it all began excites me. I look forward to working with those who I think of as family.

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Cardoza will be working with the perimeter players at UConn, according to Auriemma.

From 2015, Kantor has worked as a video coordinator at UConn. As members of the coaching staff tested positive for the virus during the epidemic, he stepped in as an assistant coach under the NCAA’s COVID-19 waiver. Since Kantor was being promoted from inside, UConn claimed that the position was not advertised.

“It’s an honor to now be a member of the coaching staff; I’ve learned so much from them in my time at Storrs,” he stated in a release.