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Former Connecticut coach and Hall of Famer Jim Calhoun is coming out of retirement to return to the sideline as the head of a basketball program. As ESPN's Jeff Goodman reported this week, the Hall of Famer has taken the head coach job at Division III St. Joseph in Connecticut — a private school with fewer than 3,000 students.

"I terribly missed the coaching on a daily basis," Calhoun told USA Today Sports. "I missed the association with the kids."

Calhoun is still employed as an adviser at UConn and can't take the St. Joseph coaching job until his current contract expires in March. So officially, his title at St. Joseph is a consultant and adviser to the president as the Division III upstart aims to assemble a team to compete beginning in 2018-19.

So what will Calhoun do in his soon-to-be-role if he can't coach until March? According to ESPN, it's simple: Recruit.

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.

Calhoun, with 873 wins to his name in a storied 40-year coaching career, lead UConn to three national titles in 26 season with the Huskies. He retired as coach in 2012 and has served as an analyst for ESPN and adviser to UConn since.