Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Safety Information / Your California Privacy Rights are applicable to you. ^ Back to Top ^ © 2022 ESPN Internet Ventures. "Coach Calhoun has stayed longer and done more for USJ than I could ever have hoped when we first talked to him about launching our men's basketball team and with it, the transition to coeducation almost five years ago," university president Rhona Free said. He also spearheaded the school's $15 million renovation of its athletic facilities.Ĭalhoun's friend and longtime assistant Glen Miller will take over as coach of the Blue Jays, who are 3-0 this season. He has led the program to a 47-17 record, including a conference title and an appearance in the NCAA Division III tournament in 2020. The university had just announced plans to admit male students for the first time. In 2017, he was asked by Saint Joseph athletic director Bill Cardarelli, a former Calhoun assistant at UConn, to help build a men's basketball program.
He sent more than two dozen UConn players to the NBA, including Ray Allen, Rudy Gay, Richard Hamilton and Kemba Walker.Ĭalhoun stepped down from Connecticut in 2012 after dealing with health problems including skin and prostate cancer, NCAA sanctions for recruiting violations and the failure of his team to meet academic standards, which eventually forced the program to miss the 2013 postseason.
Coach Calhoun taught us young boys how to be men, and how we wanted to be treated as men. Rudy had some very nice things to say about his former Coach. That includes 248 wins in 14 years at Northeastern and 625 in 26 years at UConn, where his teams won NCAA titles in 1999, 20. Another very memorable experience while at UConn was winning the 2005 Maui Invitational Championship Tournament in Hawaii, beating Gonzaga University by two points. We built this program starting from scratch about five years ago, and now the team is in a good place."Ĭalhoun ends his career with a record of 920-397. "I'm healthy, my wife is healthy, and the USJ men's basketball program is healthy. "It's just the right time," Calhoun said in a statement. The 79-year-old Hall of Fame coach, who has struggled with stomach cancer and other ailments, said his health was not a factor in his decision to leave the former women-only school in West Hartford, Connecticut, after spending more than four years helping it establish a men's basketball program. Jim Calhoun, who led UConn to three national titles, has retired again, this time from Division III Saint Joseph. Hall of Fame men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun retires from D-III Saint Joseph You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser