UConn [basketball] Coach Jim Calhoun To Take Medical Leave Of Absence

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By MIKE ANTHONY The Hartford Courant
4:07 p.m. EST, January 19, 2010

UConn coach Jim Calhoun will take a leave of absence for unspecified medical issues beginning immediately, UConn announced Tuesday.

"It is my recommendation that Coach Calhoun take a medical leave from his coaching position to address some temporary medical issues, none of which involve any previous medical conditions that he has dealt with," UConn Health Center physician Peter Schulman, Calhoun's primary care physician, said in a statement.

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"Our primary concern is Coach Calhoun's health and his complete recovery," athletic director Jeff Hathaway said. "We will do everything possible to support Coach during this time. Jim and I both know that the men's basketball program is in very capable hands under the leadership of Associate Head Coach George Blaney."

Calhoun, 67, is a three-time cancer survivor. He had his prostate removed in 2003 and has twice been treated for squamous cell carcinoma, the last time in the summer of 2008. Last summer, Calhoun fell off his bike during a charity event, broke several ribs and fainted after the race.

Source: http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-men/hc-uconn-coach-jim-calhoun-leave-absense,0,1420319.story

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I don't like UConn basketball at all, but I respect Coach Calhoun and hope that whatever his medical reasons are, he recovers quickly!

P.S.: Go St. John's Red Storm Redmen!

[madinmaryland]

1. Best wishes to Coach Calhoun for a speedy recovery.

[joeybee12]

2. He's had lots of medical issues in the past few years...hope this

isn't serious.

[madinmaryland]

4. What did "name removed" say?

[joeybee12]

5. didn't see it in time...

....must have been really nice to get deleted from a sports post.

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