Built Ford Tough Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun is expected to announce his retirement at a news conference Thursday, multiple sources told ESPN.com. Calhoun, who coached the Huskies to three national titles, will be replaced by assistant coach Kevin Ollie, the sources said. Terms of Calhoun's exit and Ollie's agreement were not finalized Wednesday. he school scheduled a 2 p.m. news conference "to address the future of the men's basketball program." Calhoun, 70, won 873 games in 40 years as a head coach, first at Northeastern and the last 26 years at UConn, where he put four teams in the Final Four, winning national titles in 1999, 2004 and 2011. Calhoun has two years remaining on his contract and previously had stated that he wanted Ollie to be his successor. UConn recently was ruled ineligible for the 2013 NCAA tournament due to poor Academic Progress Rate scores. A source close to Calhoun told ESPN.com that the Hall of Fame coach has had a lot of time to think about his retirement during the past month. Calhoun fractured his hip in early August after falling off his bicycle. Calhoun told ESPN.com this past summer that whenever he retired, he would mimic Dean Smith's plan of waiting right until the start of the season. Smith ended his tenure at North Carolina prior to the 1996-97 season, when UNC named longtime assistant Bill Guthridge as his successor. Calhoun, elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005, is a three-time cancer survivor and missed eight games last season while suffering from a painful spinal condition. He returned just four days after having back surgery to coach the Huskies in their regular-season finale and the postseason. http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8371331/connecticut-huskies-jim-calhoun-announce-retirement-sources-say I can't say I'm surprised by this considering all of the health troubles he has had in combination with his age. Add that to UCONN being on probation, banned from the NCAA tournament and not having a lot of talent and, well, is anybody surprised he finally decided to call it quits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abro Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Not surprised at all. He has had plenty of health troubles and with all the uconn probations, his window has finally just shut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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