Men's basketball at the University of Connecticut began with a single game played by what was then Connecticut Agricultural College against Windham High School in January 1901. The college team won, and by 1903, basketball was a varsity sport.
Coaches:
- No coach (1900–1915)
- John F. Donahue (1915–1919)
- M. R. Schwartz (1919–1921)
- J. Wilder Tasker (1921–1922)
- Roy Guyer (1922–1923)
- Sumner Dole (1923–1927)
- Louis Alexander (1927–1931)
- John Heldman (1931–1935)
- J. O. Christian (1935–1936)
- Don White (1936–1945)
- Blair Gullion (1945–1946)
- Hugh Greer (1946–1963)
- George Wigton (1963)
- Fred Shabel (1963–1967)
- Burr Carlson (1967–1969)
- Dee Rowe (1969–1977)
- Dom Perno (1977–1986)
- Jim Calhoun (1986–present)
Additional information about UConn athletics is available in the Athletic Communications Office Records or on the UConn Huskies website .
From the guide to the University of Connecticut, Men's Basketball Championship Collection, 1998-1999, (Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries)