Storrs, CT (My Sportsbook) - The University of Connecticut announced Thursday that men's head basketball coach Jim Calhoun will return for a 24th season with the school in the 2009-10 season.

The 66-year-old Calhoun indicated he was thinking about ending his job following the program's 82-73 Final Four loss to Michigan State last Saturday, noting he would contemplate his future with the Huskies, but said he didn't "plan to go anyplace."

"It is my full intention to return for the 2009-10 season," said Calhoun through a release from the school. "I look forward to coaching next season and to continuing as the head coach at Connecticut into the future. In many ways, the journey of this past season has made me realize how much I love coaching this game, how much I love my kids and how much I enjoy being at Connecticut."

Calhoun will enter his 37th year as a collegiate head coach and has 805 career wins, sixth-most all-time in Division I among men's coaches. He's coached in more games (1,147) than any other active Division I head coach. Already a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, he led the team to the national title in 1999 and 2004.

However, UConn is staring in the face of possible NCAA rules violations in the recruitment of Nate Miles, who was expelled from school in October of 2008 without even practicing with the Huskies. A six-month investigation from Yahoo! Sports said Miles was provided with lodging, meals and transportation by Josh Nochimson -- a professional agent and a former UConn student manager.

"I have never really questioned. I said I will look, like I do every spring," said Calhoun about his future following the program's third trip to the Final Four. "Dean Smith gave me the best advice, 'don't take it after your worst loss or your best win. Wait during the spring, make an evaluation, how excited are you to coach next year? And that's a great time to do it.' That's a great time to do it. So therefore it's the same procedure I would use any year. But it has been speculated, but that's mainly because people keep asking me the questions. A, (there) probably would be some people who wouldn't mind me leaving, and, B, some might be curious."

At the same time, Calhoun said that "some of the things, some of the disappointments I've had, particularly over the past couple weeks," has bothered him.

"I don't think they've ever given me the benefit of the doubt. For that, it's a personal thing," Calhoun said after the loss. "I probably shouldn't be expressing it, but that's just who I am. I couldn't be more disappointed in people who just jump on and make two people all of a sudden become the expert on who Jim Calhoun is. That's incredibly disappointing to me."

The Huskies earned a 16th NCAA bid this season with a No. 1 seed in the West Region following a 27-3 regular season which included a 15-2 mark in the vaunted Big East Conference.