Kevin Ollie Named UConn Men's Basketball Coach
Jim Calhoun, who took UConn from just another basketball program to one of the best in the country, seemingly against all odds, officially announced his retirement.
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Jim Calhoun was introduced as UConn men's basketball coach in 1986, left, won his first national title in 1999, center, and coached his final game in March 2012.
Learn about the life and career of Jim Calhoun: his family; his coaching stops; the rise of the UConn men's basketball program; season-by-season highlights; and much more.
Jim Calhoun and his obstinate ways arrived in Connecticut in May 1986, hired to turn around a lowly UConn men's program. The Calhoun Era at UConn has been the stuff of dreams. Calhoun not only turned around the team, he turned it into one of the nation's pre-eminent programs.
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