[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 123 (Thursday, September 13, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H5933]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           COACH JIM CALHOUN

  (Mr. COURTNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Speaker, in a few short hours, a giant in the State 
of Connecticut, Coach Jim Calhoun, is going to announce his retirement 
after 26 years of leading the men's basketball program.
  When he arrived 26 years ago, it was an also-ran program. Today, he 
has secured three national championships, he was inducted into the Hall 
of Fame, and the NBA is populated with graduates like Ray Allen, Emeka 
Okafor, and Kemba Walker, who are all-stars and really make the State 
of Connecticut so proud.
  He also has performed hundreds of acts of personal kindness, small 
and large, Coaches vs. Cancer, the Yukon Cardiology Health Center 
program, and his latest passion, which is to help families with the 
scourge of autism.
  Coach Calhoun is not just a great coach, he's a really good person. 
To him and his wife, Pat, on behalf of the people of the Second 
Congressional District, I want to extend my congratulations for his 
great leadership and career, and wish them all the success in the world 
as they begin a new chapter in their wonderful lives.

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