James E. "Jim" Calhoun ( born James May "Jim" Calhoun ; born May 10, 1942 in Braintree , Massachusetts ) is an American basketball coach, former head coach of the University of Connecticut men's basketball team. Calhoun three times, in 1999, 2004 and 2011, led the university team to victory in the US student championship. 29 pupils of Jim Calhoun became players in clubs of the National Basketball Association . In 2005, Calhoun was admitted to the Basketball Hall of Fame .
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| Birth name | James E. Calhoun |
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| Date of Birth | May 10, 1942 (aged 77) |
| Place of Birth | Braintree Massachusetts |
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| Sports career | Nortistern Haskis (1972-1986) Connecticut Haskis (1986-2012) |
Biography
Jim Calhoun was born and raised in the city of Braintree in Massachusetts . In high school, he played basketball , American football, and baseball . At 15, Jim was left without a father and had to take care of a large family. After leaving school, he received a basketball scholarship at state college in Lowell , but he had to drop out of college three months later to take care of his family. Calhoun worked as a granite carver, tombstone manufacturer, grave digger, worker at a scrap metal warehouse and shampoo factory.
20 months after leaving college, Calhoun continued his studies, enrolling at the American International College in Springfield , where he also received a basketball scholarship. In the first two seasons, Jim was a leading player in the university basketball team, in the third season he became its captain and helped get into the playoffs of the second division of the national student championship. In 1968, Calhoun graduated from college with a bachelor's degree in sociology [2] .
From 1966 to 1968, Calhoun worked as an assistant to the head coach of the American International College basketball team, after which, as head coach for the year, he managed the Old Lyme basketball teams in Connecticut and Westport in Massachusetts. In 1972, Calhoun created a strong basketball team at Dedem School in Massachusetts, under his leadership the team won 21 games with one defeat and reached the semi-finals of the state championship.
In October 1972, Jim Calhoun became the head coach of the Northeast University Basketball Team in Boston . Over the course of 14 seasons, he led the university team and brought it to the leaders of the North Atlantic Conference. One of the leading players of that Calhoun team, Reggie Lewis , was subsequently selected by the NBA draft in the first round and became the captain of the Boston Celtics club.
In 1986, Calhoun was appointed head coach of the University of Connecticut basketball team. Over the years of his work, he has made the Haskis University team one of the strongest in the USA: three times she won the student championship and six times won the Big East conference championship. On September 13, 2012, the seventy-year-old Calhoun announced his retirement from the position of coach and retirement [3] . For all time, under his leadership, the University of Connecticut team scored 618 victories with 233 defeats.
Pupils in the NBA
- 1987: Reggie Lewis - Boston Celtics
- 1989: Clifford Robinson - Portland Trail Blazers
- 1990: Tate George - New Jersey Nets
- 1992: Chris Smith - Minnesota Timberwolves
- 1993: Scott Burrell - Charlotte Hornets
- 1994: Donnell Marshall - Minnesota Timberwolves
- 1995: Kevin Ollie - Dallas Mavericks
- 1995: Donnie Marshall - Cleveland Cavaliers
- 1996: Ray Allen - Milwaukee Bucks
- 1996: Travis Knight - Chicago Bulls
- 1996: Doron Schaeffer - Los Angeles Clippers
- 1999: Richard Hamilton - Washington Wizards
- 2000: Khalid El Amin - Chicago Bulls
- 2000: Jake Voskul - Chicago Bulls
- 2002: Caron Butler - Miami Heat
- 2004: Emeka Okafor - Charlotte Bobcats
- 2004: Ben Gordon - Chicago Bulls
- 2005: Charlie Villanueva - Toronto Raptors
- 2006: Hilton Armstrong - New Orleans Hornets
- 2006: Josh Boone - New Jersey Nets
- 2006: Denham Brown - Seattle Supersonics
- 2006: Rudy Gay - Memphis Grizzlies
- 2006: Marcus Williams - New Jersey Nets
- 2009: AJ Price - Indiana Pacers
- 2009: Hashim Tabith - Memphis Grizzlies
- 2010: Jeff Adrien - Golden State Warriors
- 2011: Kemba Walker - Charlotte Bobcats
- 2012: Andre Drummond - Detroit Pistons
- 2012: Jeremy Lamb - Oklahoma City Thunder
Bibliography
- Jim Calhoun. Dare to Dream: Connecticut Basketball's Remarkable March to the National Championship. - Broadway, 1999 .-- 240 p. - ISBN 978-0767904759 .
- Jim Calhoun. A Passion to Lead: Seven Leadership Secrets for Success in Business, Sports, and Life. - St. Martin's Press, 2007 .-- 288 p. - ISBN 978-0312362713 .
Notes
- β National Archives Identifier
- β Jim Calhoun Archived on September 13, 2015. . UConn Huskies
- β Pat Eaton-Robb. Retired: UConn basketball coach Jim Calhoun quits . Yahoo! Sports (September 13, 2012). Date of treatment December 29, 2012. Archived January 6, 2013.