Rare Photos of Jim Calhoun

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SI Staff
Publish date:
Sep 13, 2012

Rare Photos of Jim Calhoun

1991

After 40 years of coaching, Jim Calhoun is ready to call it a career. The storied Connecticut coach is expected to announce his retirement Thursday after battling myriad of health issues over recent years. The 70-year-old coach spent 26 years at UConn, where he racked up 625 of his 873 career wins along with three national titles. Calhoun helped put the school on the basketball map, winning his first title in 1999 and sending more than two dozen players to the NBA. In 2005, Calhoun was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame, but his work was not done. Led by sharpshooter Kemba Walker, Calhoun's Huskies won the 2011 Big East Tournament in dramatic fashion before going on to win his third and final NCAA title.

1994

Jim Calhoun sent 27 players to the NBA, including Ray Allen (34) and Donyell Marshall (center).

1994

Calhoun led the Huskies to the Elite Eight in 1994, one of nine such trips his UConn teams would make.

1995

Calhoun and Bobby Knight are two of five NCAA coaches to win three national championships over their careers.

1995

After 26 years, Calhoun will be replaced at UConn by former player and current assistant coach Kevin Ollie.

1999

Calhoun won his first national title in 1999 after leading the Huskies to their first (first-ever is redundant) Final Four. Led by Khalid-El Amin and Rip Hamilton, UConn beat Mike Krzyzewskii and Duke 77-74 in the final.

1999

In 1999, Calhoun collected his 287th win at UConn, passing Hugh Greer as the program's winningest coach.

1999

Like all NCAA champs, Calhoun and UConn earned a trip to the White House, where they presented life-long Razorbacks fan President Bill Clinton a Huskies jersey.

2002

Caron Butler and Calhoun made the Elite Eight in 2002, but the Huskies fell to eventual national champion Maryland.

2004

After beating Georgia Tech for his second national title, Calhoun waves to fans during a UConn victory parade.

2005

A vintage Jim Calhoun expression.

2005

Calhoun won the Maui Invitational twice (aren't they all winners?), including in 2005 when his Huskies beat Adam Morrison and Gonzaga in the final.

2005

Calhoun was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005 and the College Basketball Hall of Fame the next year.

2006

Outside of basketball, Calhoun might be best known as a philanthropist. He launched the Jim Calhoun Celebrity Classic Golf Tournament in 1999, which has helped raise over $2.5 million for the Jim and Pat Calhoun Cardiology Research Fund at UConn Health Center.

2008

Flanked by two of the greatest Pat's in basketball history -- Pat Riley and Patrick Ewing.

2010

As strange as a foursome as you'll see: Jim Calhoun, actor Joe Pesci, PGA golfer Jason Bohn and ESPN anchor Karl Ravech. Why not?

2011

A native of Braintree, Mass., Calhoun got to throw out the first pitch at a Red Sox game.

2011

Calhoun celebrates with his players after beating Butler 53-41 to win his third and final NCAA championship. At 68, the coach became the oldest in history to win an NCAA title.