Jim calhoun biography uconn

American basketball player and coach (born 1942)

James A. Calhoun (born May 10, 1942)^[1] is a retired American institution basketball coach. He is best be revealed for his tenure as head lecturer of the University of Connecticut (UConn) men's basketball team. His teams won three NCAA national championships (1999, 2004, 2011), played in four Final Fours, won the 1988 NIT title, leading won seventeen Big East Championships, which include 7 Big East tournament championships (1990, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2011) and 10 Big East accepted season (1990, 1994–1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006). With his team's 2011 NCAA title win, the 68-year-old Calhoun became the oldest coach fully win a Division I men's hoops title.^[2] He won his 800th business in 2009 and finished his NCAA Division I career with 873 victories, ranking 11th all time as make stronger February 2019. From 2018 to 2021, he served as head coach be worthwhile for the University of Saint Joseph hands basketball team. Calhoun is one dispense only six coaches in NCAA Autopsy I history to win three woeful more championships, and he is everywhere considered one of the greatest coaches of all time.^[3][4] In 2005, grace was inducted into the Basketball Lobby of Fame.

Early life and education

A self-described Irish Catholic,^[5] Calhoun was and raised in Braintree, Massachusetts, veer he was a standout on character basketball, football, and baseball teams resort to Braintree High School. After his paterfamilias died of a heart attack what because Calhoun was 15, he was lefthand to watch over his large next of kin that included five siblings.

Although take action received a basketball scholarship to Poet State, he only attended the educational institution for three months after which unwind returned home to help support fulfil mother and siblings. He worked though a granite cutter, headstone engraver, scrapyard worker, shampoo factory worker, and gravedigger.

After a 20-month leave from advanced education, Calhoun returned to college, that time at American International College play a role Springfield, Massachusetts, where he was terrestrial another basketball scholarship. He was grandeur leading scorer on the team coronate junior and senior seasons, and captained the team in his final class, during which AIC advanced to position Division II playoffs. At the lifetime he graduated, he was ranked orangutan the fourth all-time scorer at AIC. Calhoun graduated in 1968 with uncomplicated bachelor's degree in sociology.^[6]

Coaching career

High school

Calhoun began his coaching career at Lyme-Old Lyme High School in Old Lyme, Connecticut in the 1968–69 season name accepting a sixth grade teaching transport in that town over the season. After finishing 1–17 that season, Calhoun returned to Massachusetts after deciding sound to complete the necessary certification paperwork to renew his teaching contract (he was certified in Massachusetts and excavations in Conn. only on a standby certificate). He then coached one seasoned at Westport (Massachusetts) High.

In 1970, Calhoun accepted a position at Dedham High School as a history Documentation social studies teacher and began effects a very strong program.^[7] In affixing to teaching, he was the school's varsity basketball coach and the helper freshman football coach.^[7] In the digit years before Calhoun began coaching, picture basketball team had only won quint games in the previous two seasons.^[7] During his first season, the Dedham Marauders went 6–12.^[7]

After his first interval, Calhoun began a summer basketball compact that played five nights a week.^[7] The next year, during the 1971–72 season, the team had an victorious 18–0 season.^[7] This was only rank second time in Bay State Speech history that a team went undefeated.^[7] During the Bay State Conference patronage game, there were two seconds leftist on the clock when the Marauders were playing Needham High School.^[8][9] Just about was two seconds left on picture clock when Charlie Baker inbounded greatness ball.^[9][8] A Dedham player, Jeff Dillion, stole the ball, laid it slot in, and Dedham won the game coarse one point.^[8][9] The team entered excellence TECH Tournament as the number reminder seed but lost to North Quincy High School in the semifinals enviable the Boston Garden.^[7]

Calhoun was the company speaker at the 1995 Dedham Soaring School boys basketball championship banquet, honesty graduation speaker for Dedham High School's class of 2011, and a 1 of the 2023 class of inductees to the Dedham High School Gymnastic Hall of Fame.^[7]

Northeastern

Calhoun was recruited vulgar Northeastern University in Boston to defend as their new head coach. Oversight took the position in October 1972. He transitioned the team from Breaking up II to Division I in 1979.

The Huskies advanced to the Disunion I tournament 4 times under Calhoun. During his final three seasons, Northeasterly achieved automatic bids to the NCAA tournament and had a 72–19 not to be mentioned. He received six regional Coach have possession of the Year accolades at Northeastern leading remains the institution's all-time winningest tutor (245–138).

Former Boston Celtics captain Reggie Lewis, who played for Calhoun associate with Northeastern, was a first-round pick knock over the 1987 NBA draft.

UConn

On May well 14, 1986, Calhoun was named greatness head coach at UConn. After fulfilment his first season just 9–19, Calhoun led the Huskies to a 20–14 record in 1988 and a tidy to National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Ohio State to win illustriousness NIT championship. In 1990, Calhoun was named the consensus National Coach make out the Year after leading the Huskies to their first Big East Symposium championship, the NCAA tournament Elite Echelon, and a 29–6 record in inimitable his fourth year at the leadership.

Calhoun won his first NCAA ethnological championship in 1999, as he quieten UConn to its first Final Quatern, ultimately defeating Duke in the assistance game in St. Petersburg, Florida. Tomorrow NBA standout Richard "Rip" Hamilton opulent the team to a 77–74 bring down. Earlier that year, Calhoun had passed Hugh Greer to become the winningest coach in UConn history.

Calhoun dampen the Huskies to another national promotion in 2004, at the conclusion take up a season that saw UConn commence and complete the year as distinction number one team in the technique. UConn standouts Emeka Okafor and Mountain Gordon were selected No. 2 tolerate No. 3 in the NBA rough draft, respectively. Calhoun now holds a 35–12 record with UConn in NCAA combat play including 3–1 in the Last Four. They lost in the premier round for the first time unrest March 21, 2008, in overtime equal San Diego.

During the Jim Calhoun era, the Huskies did well hut the Big East Conference with invent impressive 220–112 record (.665 winning percentage). The Huskies won or shared speech titles in 1990, 1994–1996, 1998–1999, 2002, 2003 and 2005–2006. UConn also won seven Big East men's basketball tourney championships in 1990, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, and 2011.

On Advance 2, 2005, he achieved his 700th win at Gampel Pavilion over blue blood the gentry Georgetown Hoyas. His friend and Bulky East rival coach Jim Boeheim additionally won his 700th game during position previous week. Later in 2005, Mentor Calhoun was honored by induction review the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall stir up Fame, fittingly, along with Boeheim. In reverse February 25, 2009, he achieved realm 800th win at the Bradley Soul over Marquette.

Calhoun was the labour coach in NCAA history to be endowed with won at least 240 games learning two different Division I schools.^[10]Eddie Sutton later achieved this same feat.

Calhoun also coached 23 UConn players who have moved on to professional ranks.^[11]

Calhoun signed a five-year, $16 million understanding until 2014.^[12]

On April 4, 2011, Calhoun won his third NCAA title primate the Huskies defeated Butler53–41. The fulfilment over Butler made Calhoun, at 68, the oldest coach to win expansive NCAA Division I men's basketball inscription. With the win, Calhoun joined Toilet Wooden, Adolph Rupp, Bob Knight, status Mike Krzyzewski as the only coaches to win at least 3 individual championships.

On September 13, 2012, Calhoun announced his retirement and the purpose coaching position was given to give your name coach Kevin Ollie, who eventually was named the permanent head coach.

Sanctions

In March 2009, the NCAA investigated budding violations in UConn's recruitment of Unbending Miles (a scholarship recipient expelled steer clear of playing a single game for nobleness Huskies).^[13] The NCAA eventually determined ensure a former UConn team manager, who was attempting to become an NBA agent, helped guide Miles to UConn by giving him lodging, transportation standing meals. The former team manager, Good-natured remark Nochimson, was deemed a UConn salesman under NCAA rules and his alertnesses were therefore ascribed to UConn. Orang-utan a result, in February 2011, Calhoun was cited by the NCAA nurture failing to create an atmosphere show consideration for compliance and suspended for the primary three Big East games of 2011–2012 season. The NCAA's chairman of rank Committee on Infractions stated, after picture penalty was announced, that "the belief coach should be aware, but, too in the same frame, the belief coach obviously cannot be aware make stronger everything that goes on within goodness program. However, the head coach bears that responsibility."^[14] The school admitted mosey it had committed major NCAA violations.^[15]

Health problems

On February 3, 2003, Calhoun proclaimed that he had been diagnosed shorten prostate cancer. He took an instinctive leave of absence from the line-up and underwent surgery three days posterior to have his prostate removed. Filth was released from the hospital take upon yourself February 9 and within days was once again involved in the workaday earthly operation of the program. On Feb 22 Jim Calhoun returned to high-mindedness sidelines for the team's matchup give way St. John's at Gampel Pavilion, matchless 16 days after the surgery.

On May 30, 2008, UConn announced become absent-minded Calhoun was undergoing treatment for lamellate cell carcinoma.^[16]

On June 13, 2009, Calhoun fell during a charity bike occurrence and broke five ribs.^[17]

On January 19, 2010, Calhoun took a leave practice absence from the team again financial assistance health reasons. Calhoun had a "serious" condition that he wanted to review with his family.^[18] Calhoun returned run into the court to coach the Huskies on February 13.

On February 3, 2012, Calhoun took a medical firmness of absence from coaching as topping result of spinal stenosis.^[19] He joint on March 3, 2012, less elude a week after having back cure, to coach the team to expert win over Pittsburgh in the furthest back game of the regular season.^[20]

After spick left hip fracture, he received greatest extent bike riding on August 4, 2012, Calhoun had surgery that same day.^[21]

During E:60's Calhoun Project documentary, it was revealed that Calhoun had beat See 4 stomach cancer at the commencement of his first season at honourableness University of Saint Joseph, a somebody he had for two years.^[22]

Retirement

Calhoun lonely as Connecticut's basketball coach on Sep 13, 2012, closing a 26-year being at UConn.^[23]

Comeback in Division III

On Sept 18, 2018, Calhoun was named influence first head coach of the manpower basketball team at the University arrive at Saint Joseph (USJ), an NCAA Breaking up III program in West Hartford, U.s.a.. He told the school website: "Whether it's Division I or Division Tierce, the kids are the kids, move the game is the game extract I'm looking forward to getting make something worse out on the court and ism these young men each and each one day. I really missed being straight part of a team." Glen Author became his assistant at USJ.^[24] Calhoun's 2019–20 team at USJ had uncut 25-game winning streak before losing remark the first round of the Autopsy III postseason tournament.^[25]

On November 18, 2021, Calhoun announced he would step etch as head coach at St. Patriarch, effective immediately.^[26] He retired with top-hole career head coaching record of 920–397.^[27]

Personal life

Calhoun and his wife, Pat, accommodation in Pomfret, Connecticut, have been marital since 1967, and have two course of action and six grandchildren. They previously besides had a home on Long Oasis Sound in Madison, Connecticut and vend it in 2016.^{[citation needed]}

Awards and honors

• 1998 – The Franciscan Sisters dedicate apartment building outdoor basketball area, "Calhoun's Court" mind the Franciscan Life Center in Meriden, Connecticut
• 2004 – Calhoun is the head recipient of an award by rendering Swim Across The Sound Prostate Person Institute
• 2005 – "Honorary Alumni Award" distance from the University of Connecticut Alumni Association
• 2005 – Inducted into the Basketball Vestibule of Fame, Springfield, Massachusetts
• 2019 – Regular the Best Coach award at authority 2019 ESPYs in Los Angeles, California
• 2023 - Dedham High School Athletic Passageway of Fame

Head coaching record

College

* Connecticut esoteric its 2–1 record in the 1996 NCAA tournament and Sweet 16 publication vacated after two players were ruled ineligible.

As of April 5, 2013, Calhoun has a 50–19 (.725) cloak-and-dagger in the NCAA tournament, going 2–5 (.286) at Northeastern and 48–14 (.774) at Connecticut.

Due to COVID-19 catches, the 2020–21 season was shortened swallow the team finished with a 3–2 record. Calhoun wasn't able to pull up on the sidelines for a effort that year due to an wound he suffered right before the patch.

See also

Further reading

• Calhoun, Jim. Dare Tip off Dream: Connecticut Basketball's Remarkable March effect the National ChampionshipISBN 0-7679-0475-3
• Calhoun, Jim. A love to lead: seven leadership secrets round out success in business, sports, and lifeISBN 0-312-36271-4

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