UConn basketball coach Jim Calhoun fractured his hip in a bicycle accident on Saturday, hours before he was supposed to coach in a charity game.
Associate head coach George Blaney said the 70-year-old coach was cycling near his home in Madison when he hit some sand and fell.
Calhoun went through a successful surgery at the UConn Health Center in Farmington on Saturday night to repair a left hip fracture, according to a statement from UConn.
He is expected to be released from the hospital within the next few days.
Calhoun broke several ribs in an accident during a charity bicycle ride in 2009.
He has led Connecticut to three NCAA titles.
Because of his injury, Calhoun missed the Jim Calhoun Celebrity Classic, including his Charity All-Star Game at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday night, which featured 36 of Calhoun’s former UConn players and eight of his former and present assistant coaches
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The charity event at Mohegan Sun benefits the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center at the UConn Health Center.
Calhoun is expected to make a full recovery, according to a statement by the UConn Athletics Department.
