Jim Calhoun, the former University of Connecticut men's head basketball coach who led his teams to three national NCAA titles, shares his thoughts on basketball subjects and the ways in which events in his youth shaped his life.

The 30minute interview was recorded August 29, 2023, at Calhoun's University of Saint Joseph office in West Hartford, CT. In this edited 15minute excerpt Calhoun talks about his father's death as a result of a heart attack when Jim Calhoun was 15 years old. He also talked about his childhood in Braintree, MA, the positive influence of his high school basketball coach, his job at a granite processing plant and life as a basketball coach on the high school and college levels.
This edited presentation is the first of four segments.