HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -Connecticut and coach Jim Calhoun appear to be close to a new multiyear contract.
ESPN.com, citing unidentified sources, reported Saturday that the 67-year-old Calhoun had agreed to a five-year deal. But athletic department spokesman Kyle Muncy said Sunday nothing had been finalized.
Calhoun, who has two national titles and took the Huskies to the Final Four last season, is making $1.6 million in 2009-10, the final year of a six-year deal.
Women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma, who has brought six national championships to Storrs, recently signed a five-year, $8 million deal.
Calhoun was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005. He has a career record of 811-344, good enough for sixth on the NCAA Division I wins list.
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