Husky Head Coach Jim Calhoun Gets The Call From The Hall
 Jim
Calhoun (left) is joined by Dr. Carla Lowry, representing Sue Gunter, Syracuse
head coach Jim Boeheim and Hubie Brown at the introduction of the 2005 Class of
the Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (April 4, 2005) - University of Connecticut
head men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun was named to the Naismith Memorial
Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2005 on Monday. Enshrinement for Calhoun and
the rest of the 2005 class will be on September 8-10 in Springfield, Mass.
Calhoun becomes the first person with UConn athletic ties to be named to a
major, national sports hall of fame.
Calhoun is joined in the Class of 2005 by fellow BIG EAST head coach
Jim Boeheim of Syracuse. The other members are longtime coach and
broadcaster Hubie Brown, Sue Gunter, who collected over 700 career
coaching wins and Brazilian superstar Hortencia Marcari.
For a completed look at the Class of 2005, click
here
for the Basketball Hall of Fame official announcement.
Calhoun and Boeheim each recorded their 700th career wins this season
and coached against each other on March 5 when the both had exactly
700 career wins. UConn won that game in Gampel Pavilion by an 88-70
count. With the end of the 2004-05 college basketball, Calhoun and
Boeheim were tied for sixth most wins by an active Division I coach
with 703 apiece.
 Calhoun,
a native of Braintree, Mass., has helped define New England college
basketball, developing Northeastern University into a regional power
and engineering UConn into a national powerhouse. In 33 seasons as a
college coach, Calhoun has the most number of wins of any New England
college coach. He is only one of two coaches to win multiple NCAA
Championships since the tournament field expanded to 64. He has led
UConn to nine BIG EAST Conference regular season championships and six
conference tournament championships. UConn won the 1988 NIT under his
coaching and he is a four-time BIG EAST coach of the year. He has led
UConn to 18 consecutive postseason tournaments and was named consensus
national coach of the year in 1990.
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