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Legendary UConn men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun turned 80 on Tuesday.
The program celebrated Calhoun's birthday on Facebook with a list of his accomplishments in his 26 years as head coach of the Huskies.
Calhoun led UConn to national championships in 1999, 2004, and 2011.
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He won 10 Big East regular-season titles and seven Big East Tournament titles.
Calhoun began at UConn in 1986 and retired from the program in 2012, finishing his NCAA Division I coaching career with 873 wins.
He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005.