UConn's Calhoun Taking Indefinite Medical Leave Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun says his back pain is so severe that he will take a leave of absence and meet with doctors next week. Calhoun, who turns 70 in May, tells The Associated Press on Friday the has had back pain since last summer but thought physical therapy was helping him get through it. He says in the last week or so the pain was so bad he had trouble getting off a plane after a flight but he tried to hide it. The three-time national championship coach says he told school president Susan Herbst he would try and get through the rest of the season. But on Friday he said he couldn't keep coaching in his current condition. Calhoun says in a telephone interview, "I'm hurting." He says "bottom line is I'm going to need some work done."