FILE – In this March 15, 2012, file photo, Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun watches from the sidline in the first half of their second-round NCAA tournament college basketball game against Iowa State in Louisville, Ky. Calhoun is expected to announce his retirement on Thursday, Sept. 13. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

John F. Silver

In an interview conducted for the YES Network show Center Stage, Calhoun talked about a surgery to remove a growth on his lung. Reached later on by the Associated Press, Calhoun confirmed it was “cancer-related.”

Calhoun also didn’t close the door on coaching saying: “I would never say never.”

Here’s the full Associated Press story.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8707049/jim-calhoun-reveals-had-cancer-surgery-may