Jim Calhoun From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Jim Calhoun Jim Calhoun (left) with Rudy Gay Title Head coach College Connecticut Sport Basketball Born May 10, 1942 (1942-05-10) (age 66) Place of birth Braintree, MA Career highlights Championships NCAA Division I Tournament Championship (1999, 2004) NIT Tournament Championship (1988) Big East Tournament Championship (1990,1996,1998,1999, 2002, 2004) Big East Regular Season Championship (1994,1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006) America East Tournament Championship (1982, 1984, 1985, 1986) Playing career 1965–1968 American International Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1972–1986 1986–present Northeastern Connecticut Basketball Hall of Fame, 2005 James B. Calhoun (born May 10, 1942 in Braintree, Massachusetts) is the head coach of the University of Connecticut's men's basketball team. He has won two national championships, the 1999 and 2004 NCAA titles, as well as the 1988 NIT championship. In 2005, he was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame. Contents [hide] 1 Personal history 2 Northeastern coaching history 3 Connecticut coaching history 4 Career coaching record 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links [edit] Personal history Calhoun was born and raised in Braintree, MA, where he was a standout on the basketball, football, and baseball teams at Braintree High School. After his father died of a heart attack when Calhoun was 15, he was left to take care of his large family, including five siblings. Although he received a basketball scholarship to Lowell State (now UMass Lowell), he only attended the school for three months, after which he returned home to help support his mother and siblings. He worked as a granite cutter, headstone engraver, scrapyard worker, shampoo factory worker, and gravedigger. After a 20-month leave from higher education, Calhoun returned to college, this time at American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he was given another basketball scholarship. He was the leading scorer on the team his junior and senior seasons, and captained the team in his final year, during which AIC advanced to the Division II playoffs. At the time he graduated, he was ranked as the fourth all-time scorer at AIC. Calhoun graduated in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in sociology. On February 3, 2003, after the worst home loss of his career, a 34-point loss to Boston College, Calhoun announced that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. He took an immediate leave of absence from the team and underwent surgery three days later to have his prostate removed. He was released from the hospital on February 9 and within days was once again involved in the day-to-day operation of the program. On February 22 Jim Calhoun returned to the sidelines for the team's match-up with St. John's at Gampel Pavilion, only 16 days after the surgery. Calhoun and his wife, Pat, live in Pomfret,
Connecticut and have two sons and six grandchildren. They have been married since 1967. They have also purchased a $1.9 million home on Long Island Sound in Madison, Connecticut. The couple is known for their philanthropy, including the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center at the UConn Health Center and the annual Jim Calhoun Holiday Food Drive[1] On May 30, 2008, UConn announced that Calhoun was undergoing treatment for squamous cell carcinoma. He said he plans to continue coaching.[2] [edit] Northeastern coaching history Jim Calhoun began his coaching career at Lyme-Old Lyme High School in Old Lyme, Connecticut in 1965 after accepting a sixth grade teaching position in that town over the summer. After finishing 1-17 that season, Calhoun returned to Massachusetts after deciding not to complete the necessary certification paperwork to renew his teaching contract (he was certified in Mass. and working in Conn. only on a temporary certificate). After one season at Westport (Mass.) High, he accepted a position at Dedham High School and began building a very strong program. After completing a 20-1 season in 1971, Calhoun was quickly recruited by Northeastern University in Boston to serve as their new head coach. He took the position in October 1971, and quickly built Northeastern into the dominant power in the ECAC North Atlantic Conference. He also transitioned the team from Division II to Division I. The team advanced to the Division I tournament 4 times under Calhoun. During his final three seasons, Northeastern achieved automatic bids to the NCAA tournament and had a 72-19 record. He received six regional Coach of the Year accolades at Northeastern and remains the institution's all-time winningest coach (245-138). Future Boston Celtics captain Reggie Lewis, who played for Calhoun at Northeastern, was a first-round pick in the 1987 NBA Draft. [edit] Connecticut coaching history On May 14, 1986, Calhoun was named the head coach at the University of Connecticut. After completing his first season just 9-19, Calhoun led the Huskies to a 18-14 record in 1988 and a bid to National Invitation Tournament. There they defeated Ohio State to win the NIT championship. In 1990, Calhoun was named the consensus National Coach of the Year after leading the Huskies to their first Big East championship, the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight, and a 29-6 record in only his fourth year at the helm. Calhoun won his first NCAA national championship in 1999, as he led UConn to its first-ever Final Four and national championship over heavily favored Duke in St. Petersburg, Florida. Future NBA standout Richard "Rip" Hamilton led the team to a 77-74 victory. Calhoun led the Huskies to another national championship in 2004, at the conclusion of a season that saw UConn start and complete the year as the number one team in the nation. Moreover, the Lady Huskies won the women's national championship the next night, marking the first time the same program won both titles in the same year, and the first time one school was ranked #1 in both men's and women's basketball simultaneously. UConn standouts Emeka Okafor and Ben Gordon were selected #2 and #3 in the NBA Draft, respectively. Calhoun now holds a 35-12 record with UConn in NCAA tournament play including 4-0 in the Final Four. They lost in the first round for the first time on March 21, 2008 in overtime to San Diego. During the Jim Calhoun era, the UConn Huskies have done well in the Big East Conference with an impressive 220-112 record (.665 winning percentage). The Huskies have won or shared conference titles in 1990, 1994-1996, 1998-1999, 2002, and 2005-2006. UConn has also won six Big East Men's Basketball Tournament championships
in 1990, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, and 2004. On March 15, 2005 he achieved his 700th win at Gampel Pavilion over Georgetown. His friend and Big East rival coach Jim Boeheim also won his 700th game during the previous week. Later in 2005, Coach Calhoun was honored by induction into the Dr. James Naismith National Basketball Hall of Fame, fittingly, along with Jim Boeheim. Calhoun was the first coach in NCAA history to have won at least 240 games at two different Division I schools.[3] Eddie Sutton later achieved this same feat. Calhoun has coached 24 UConn players who have played in the NBA (from earliest to most recent): Clifford Robinson, Tate George, Chris Smith, Scott Burrell, Donyell Marshall, Kevin Ollie, Donny Marshall, Ray Allen, Travis Knight, Doron Sheffer, Richard Hamilton, Khalid El-Amin, Jake Voskuhl, Kevin Freeman, Ricky Moore, Caron Butler, Emeka Okafor, Ben Gordon, Charlie Villanueva, Hilton Armstrong, Josh Boone, Denham Brown, Rudy Gay, and Marcus Williams.[4] Of those players, 13 currently play, the most of any NCAA program. [edit] Career coaching record School Season Wins Losses Postseason Northeastern 1972-73 17 7 — Northeastern 1973-74 12 11 — Northeastern 1974-75 12 12 — Northeastern 1975-76 12 13 — Northeastern 1976-77 11 14 — Northeastern 1977-78 14 12 — Northeastern 1978-79 13 13 — Northeastern 1979-80 18 8 — Northeastern 1980-81 23 6 NCAA Second Round Northeastern 1981-82 23 7 NCAA Second Round Northeastern 1982-83 13 15 — Northeastern 1983-84 25 5 NCAA Second Round Northeastern 1984-85 21 9 NCAA First Round Northeastern 1985-86 25 5 NCAA First Round Connecticut 1986-87 8 19 — Connecticut 1987-88 20 14 NIT Champions Connecticut 1988-89 18 13 NIT Quarterfinals Connecticut 1989-90 31 6 NCAA Elite 8 Connecticut 1990-91 20 11 NCAA Sweet 16 Connecticut 1991-92 20 10 NCAA Second Round Connecticut 1992-93 15 13 NIT First Round Connecticut 1993-94 29 5 NCAA Sweet 16 Connecticut 1994-95 28 5 NCAA Elite 8 Connecticut 1995-96 30 2 NCAA Sweet 16 Connecticut 1996-97 18 15 NIT Third Place Connecticut 1997-98 32 5 NCAA Elite 8 Connecticut 1998-99 33 2 NCAA National Champions Connecticut 1999-00 25 10 NCAA Second Round Connecticut 2000-01 20 12 NIT Second Round Connecticut 2001-02 27 7 NCAA Elite 8 Connecticut 2002-03 23 10 NCAA Sweet 16 Connecticut 2003-04 32 6 NCAA National Champions Connecticut 2004-05 22 8 NCAA Second Round Connecticut 2005-06 29 4 NCAA Elite 8 Connecticut 2006-07 17 14 — Connecticut 2007-08 24 9 NCAA First Round Career Totals 773 337 2 National Championships [edit] Notes ^ "UConn Huskies Calhoun bio". Retrieved on 2008-11-15.. ^ "Calhoun being treated for skin cancer, wants to continue coaching", ESPN.com (2008-05-30). ^ CNNSI.com, March 23, 1999 "Calhoun riding an emotional wave to St. Pete" ^ "UConn Huskies Calhoun bio". Retrieved on 15 Nov 2008. [edit] References Calhoun, Jim. Dare To Dream: Connecticut Basketball's Remarkable March to the National Championship ISBN 0-7679-0475-3 [edit] External links UConn men's basketball - official website Jim Calhoun Basketball Camp - annual summer basketball camp for youth Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center Excerpt from Dare to Dream from the Library of Congress [show]v • d • eCurrent head men's basketball coaches of the Big East Conference Mick Cronin (Cincinnati) · Jim Calhoun (Connecticut) · Jerry Wainwright (DePaul) · John Thompson III (Georgetown) · Rick Pitino (Louisville) · Buzz Williams (Marquette) · Mike Brey (Notre Dame) · Jamie Dixon (Pittsburgh) · Keno Davis (Providence) · Fred Hill (Rutgers) · Norm Roberts (St. John's) · Bobby Gonzalez (Seton Hall) · Stan Heath (South Florida) · Jim Boeheim (Syracuse) · Jay Wright (Villanova) · Bob Huggins (West Virginia) [show]v • d • eNortheastern Huskies
head basketball coaches Foster • Jeffrey • Bond • McCoy • Dunn • Flumere • Pare • Grinnell • Zabilski • Dukeshire • Bowman • Calhoun • Fogel • Leitao • Keeling • Everhart • Coen [show]v • d • eConnecticut Huskies Basketball 1998-1999 NCAA Champions 3 Rashamel Jones | 15 Kevin Freeman | 21 Ricky Moore | 23 Albert Mouring | 31 E.J. Harrison | 32 Richard Hamilton | 34 Souleymane Wane | 42 Khalid El-Amin | 43 Jake Voskuhl | 51 Edmund Saunders Coach Jim Calhoun [show]v • d • eConnecticut Huskies Basketball 2003-2004 NCAA Champions 3 Charlie Villanueva | 4 Ben Gordon | 5 Marcus Williams | 11 Hilton Armstrong | 12 Taliek Brown | 21 Josh Boone | 30 Shamon Tooles | 31 Rashad Anderson | 33 Denham Brown | 50 Emeka Okafor Coach Jim Calhoun Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Calhoun" Categories: American basketball coaches | Living people | 1942 births | American basketball players | American International College alumni | Basketball Hall of Fame inductees | Northeastern Huskies men's basketball coaches | People from Madison, Connecticut | People from Norfolk County, Massachusetts | UConn Huskies men's basketball coaches | People from Braintree, Massachusetts
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