Jim Calhoun
One of the most successful coaches in American history, Jim Calhoun built the University of Connecticut men’s basketball program into a three-time NCAA champion and a perennial national power. His accomplishments brought Coach Calhoun basketball’s highest honor when he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005. His numerous accolades also include the prestigious John Wooden Legends of Coaching Award and four selections as BIG EAST Coach of the Year.
After winning 248 games as head coach at Northeastern, Jim Calhoun headed to UConn in 1986. No one could have imagined the vast success he would have. He had 25-straight winning seasons as Connecticut became one of the nation’s elite college basketball programs. Coach Calhoun is exceptionally proud of the UConn players and coaches he helped develop. He had 27 players drafted by the NBA including 18 first-round picks.
Born in Braintree, Massachusetts, Coach Calhoun is a graduate of Braintree High School and American International College in Springfield. He began his coaching career at Old Lyme High School in Connecticut. He then coached at Westport and Dedham High Schools in Massachusetts before becoming the head coach at Northeastern in 1972.
Jim Calhoun and his wife Pat live in Pomfret, Connecticut. They have two sons and six grandchildren. Coach Calhoun has known Head of School Charlie Cahn for several years following recruiting visits to Suffield Academy. He has always been complimentary to Charlie about the school’s overall quality and warmth.
I hope you will take Suffield’s emphasis on kindness—and genuinely trying to help others prosper—into the communities you are part of in the years ahead. This will likely be Suffield’s greatest legacy in your lives.
[Charlie Cahn, Head of School]
class of 2025
college destinations
American University [2]
Arizona State University [1]
Babson College [4]
Barnard College [1]
Bentley University [1]
Boston College [2]
Boston University [2]
Brown University [1]
Bryant University [1]
Bucknell University [1]
Chapman University [1]
Clemson University [5]
Cleveland State University [1]
Coastal Carolina University [1]
Colby College [1]
Colgate University [1]
College of the Holy Cross [1]
Columbia University [2]
Cornell University [1]
Dickinson College [1]
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania [1]
Elon University [2]
Fordham University [1]
George Washington University [1]
Gettysburg College [1]
Hamilton College [1]
Hampden-Sydney College [1]
Harvard University [1]
Hobart and William Smith Colleges [2]
Indiana University, Bloomington [1]
Ithaca College [1]
John Cabot University, Rome [1]
John Carroll University [1]
Loyola University Maryland [2]
Marymount Manhattan College [1]
McGill University [1]
Middlebury College [2]
New York University [8]
Nichols College [2]
Pace University, New York City [1]
Penn State University, University Park [1]
Princeton University [2]
Roger Williams University [1]
Rollins College [1]
Rutgers University [2]
Sacred Heart University [1]
Salt Lake Community College [1]
Santa Clara University [3]
Siena College [1]
Skidmore College [2]
Southern Methodist University [1]
Springfield College [1]
St. Johns University [1]
Stonehill College [2]
SUNY Geneseo [1]
Syracuse University [3]
Tecnologico de Monterrey [1]
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The University of Tampa [3]
Trinity College [1]
Tufts University [1]
Tulane University [2]
United States Military Academy at West Point [1]
University of California, Riverside [1]
University of Connecticut [1]
University of Connecticut, Hartford [2]
University of Denver [1]
University of Maine [1]
University of Massachusetts [1]
University of Massachusetts, Boston [1]
University of Miami [3]
University of New Hampshire [2]
University of New Haven [1]
University of South Carolina [1]
University of Toronto [2]
University of Vermont [1]
Vanier College [1]
Villanova University [3]
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University [1]
Wake Forest University [2]
Wesleyan University [1]
Western New England University [1]