The greatest trick Jim Calhoun ever did was convince kids to go play in freezing Storrs, Connecticut when he was the head basketball of the UConn Huskies. Now the retired basketball coach is hoping to accomplish a similar devilish act, as he will return to the sport… at the Division III level.

The Division III university Jim Calhoun will help guide is St. Joseph in Connecticut. He will begin overseeing the program this year, as it assembles a team to compete in 2018-19.

To be clear: Calhoun's title will be consultant, and he said that this season he will recruit exclusively, with the help of former UConn assistant Glen Miller, to put together a roster for the following season. He will not coach.

“I love the game, I love the kids, and the gym is a gym,” Calhoun told ESPN.

“My heart will always be with UConn,” Calhoun said. “I'll still be there helping out as much as I can.”

Calhoun is obviously most known as the man who built the UConn best program, having spent 26 seasons as the university's head coach. He retired as coach in 2012, mostly due to health reasons, and then held the title of special assistant to the athletic director at UConn.

As far as the report goes, he will remain a special ambassador for UConn even while taking on this new role.

The lesson here is rather clear. Coaches love to coach and be around basketball. Retirement is the devil in those guys' eyes. Take them away from the game, even if only for a little while, and they feel as though they must return.