More Than a Game: How the Uconn Basketball Dynasty Was Built Upon a Culture of Caring - Jim Calhoun

n Jim Calhoun is one of the most successful coaches in college basketball history. In more than 40 years in the game, including 26 at UConn, Calhoun won more than 900 games, including 629 at UConn, with national championships in 1999, 2004 and 2011. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, the sport's highest honor, in 2005. Throughout his life and career, Calhoun has emphasized personal relationships and now, in his 80s, he remains in contact with hundreds of his former players, and to many of whom he remains a father figure. Jim and his wife, Pat, have two children and six grand children and live in Pomfret, Conn. n n Dom Amore, seven-time Connecticut sportswriter of the year, has been with the Hartford Courant since 1988, and has been its lead sports columnist since 2021. He won more than 30 state, regional and national journalism awards. This is his second book. Dom is single and lives in Branford, Conn. n