Jim Calhoun Back on the Sidelines?

STORRS/WEST HARTFORD, CT — Hall of Fame coach and University of Connecticut legend Jim Calhoun back on the sidelines to help start up a program in the Greater Hartford area?

A published report says the idea "intrigues" him.

The 75-year-old Calhoun hinted to reporters at his annual golf classic on Monday that he’s contemplating a coaching comeback, according to the Hartford Courant.

The challenge, according to the story, would be starting a program at the University of St. Joseph in West Hartford, which has committed to a new Division III men’s basketball program. It had been a female-only institution for 85 years and announced back in June that it will be admitting men.

Calhoun said he would like to stay with UConn, where he is an adviser to the men's program, and at ESPN, where he is a commentator, but admitted, according to the report, that he is flirting with a return to the sidelines.

Calhoun went 873-369 in a career that went from 1972-73 to 2011-12. He won national titles at UConn in 1998-99, 2003-04 and 2010-11. See his full coaching record here.

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