Having completed his 22nd season as head coach at the University of Connecticut and his 36th year as a collegiate head coach, Jim Calhoun has unquestionably stood the test of time in establishing himself as perhaps the greatest program builder in college basketball history.

Jim Calhoun's coaching success story includes winning two NCAA National Championships (1999, 2004) at Connecticut, passing the elite 700-win plateau, and earning basketball's highest honor, election into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2005. Coach Calhoun is also a member of the Founding Class of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, announced in November of 2006.

The beginning of what has become one of college basketball's greatest coaching achievements-transforming the University of Connecticut into one of the nation's elite programs-was launched in May of 1986 when Jim Calhoun was named head coach.

More than twenty years later, UConn Basketball sits atop the college basketball landscape with a pair of NCAA National Championships, an NIT Championship, recognition as the most successful program in the history of the Big East Conference with a record-setting 16 league titles, and annual acknowledgement as one of America's truly outstanding college programs.

In addition, the Connecticut Basketball program is now led by a Hall of Fame coach.

In September of 2005, with some 60 of his former players in attendance, Jim Calhoun's four decade body of work as one of college basketball's greatest coaches was formally rewarded when the UConn coach was enshrined as a coach into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

In April of 2004, Jim Calhoun cemented his place among the all-time collegiate coaching greats and as a future member of the Hall of Fame by leading UConn to the 2004 national title. In directing Connecticut to its second NCAA National Championship in a six-year span, Jim Calhoun became, at the time, only the second coach to win multiple NCAA titles since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1985.

On March 2, 2005, Jim Calhoun joined an elite club, becoming one of only 19 coaches in NCAA Division I basketball history to reach the 700-win plateau when UConn beat Georgetown, 83-64.

Within a six-day period in April 2005, Jim Calhoun was honored with two career awards. On April 4, 2005, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame introduced Coach Calhoun as a Class of 2005 Hall of Fame enshrinee. On April 9, 2005, Coach Calhoun became just the seventh recipient of the prestigious John R. Wooden "Legends of Coaching Award" presented by the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Previous winners of the award include Hall of Fame coaches Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski and Lute Olson.

In his 36th season as a head coach on the NCAA Division I collegiate level, Jim Calhoun's overall collegiate head coaching record is 774-337. That includes a 248-137 record in 14 seasons as head coach at Northeastern (MA) University and a 526-200 mark in his 22 seasons at Connecticut.

In his time at Connecticut, Jim Calhoun has compiled a stunning 48-16 overall record in national postseason tournament competition (36-12 in NCAA play, 12-4 in NIT play). His 36 NCAA wins at UConn, all achieved since 1990, far outdistances the entire total of four NCAA victories recorded at Connecticut before Coach Calhoun took over the Husky basketball program in the spring of 1986.

Including the 2007-08 season, Jim Calhoun has led UConn to 15 NCAA bids in the past 19 years. Under Coach Calhoun's direction, UConn has a stunning 25-4 in NCAA First and Second Round competition since 1990. The Huskies have earned 11 NCAA Sweet 16 berths in the past 18 years, seven Elite Eight appearances, two NCAA Final Four trips and two National Championships.

Under Coach Calhoun, UConn has captured 16 BIG EAST Championships, ten regular season crowns and six tournament titles. The Huskies are 28-16 in BIG EAST Tournament play under Calhoun.

Even before capturing the 2004 NCAA title, Connecticut basketball under head coach Jim Calhoun had achieved a unique "double", winning the 1999 NCAA Division I National Championships as well as the 1988 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) Championship.

When he arrived at Connecticut as the 17th head coach of men's basketball on May 15, 1986, Jim Calhoun immediately began to chart a new course for success. He promised to "do it the right way, with no short cuts". He noted he wanted to establish a program at UConn that would annually be called one of the top programs in the nation.

Mission accomplished.

One collegiate basketball writer, authoring an article on Connecticut basketball for a national publication, said it best when he noted, "Bringing the UConn program to this point from where it was when he took over is nothing short of miraculous".

Jim Calhoun ranks No. 9 all-time in NCAA career victories with 39 (36-11 at Connecticut, 3-5 at Northeastern). Coach Calhoun is 39-16 in overall NCAA play (with two NCAA titles).

Jim Calhoun's overall career record for national postseason tournament competition is a remarkable 51-20 (39-16 in NCAA play, 12-4 in NIT play). He has coached in the NCAA Tournament 19 times and in the NIT five times (including winning the 1988 NIT title).