Jim Calhoun

Education

Bachelor in Sociology, American International College, 1968.

Career

Assistant basketball coach American International College Yellow Jackets, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1966-1968. Head basketball coach Old Lyme High School, Connecticut, 1969, Westport High School, Massachusetts, 1970, Dedham High School, Massachusetts, 1971-1972, Northeastern University Huskies, Boston, 1972—1986, University Connecticut Huskies, since 1986.

Achievements

• Achievements include head coach of National Invitational Tournament winning University of Connecticut Huskies, 1988. Head coach of National Collegiate Athletic Association Final Four National Championship winning University of Connecticut Huskies, 1999, 2004, 2011. Winning 800th career game as a college head coach, February 25, 2009.

Membership

Past chair Ronald McDonald Houses, We. New England; honorary chairman Connecticut chapter American Cancer Society. Honorary chairman New Haven Public Education Fund.

Member advisory staff western region Big. Brothers/Big Sisters. Member national advisory board Center for the Study of Sports in Society.

Honorary chairman Connecticut Sports Museum and Hall of Fame, greater Hartford chapter Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. Member National Association Basketball Coaches (member nominate committee Hall of Fame), Big East Conference Coaches Association (president).

Connections

Married Patricia McDevitt. Children: James, Jeffrey.

Spouse:

Patricia McDevitt

child:

James Calhoun

child:

Jeffrey Calhoun