University of Connecticut Men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun announced during a Friday press conference at Gampel Pavilion that he has to fight cancer again, this time skin cancer. However, he is decided to keep coaching his team no matter what.

His physician Dr. Jeffrey Spiro revealed that Calhoun, 66, was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma and underwent surgery May 6 to remove a cancerous growth on his neck along with a small portion of the adjacent parotid salivary gland and 37 additional lymph nodes from the lower neck and he will undergo precautionary radiation therapy for six weeks starting in late June.

Squamoud cell carcinoma is the second most common form of skin cancer, with more than 250,000 new cases estimated yearly in the United States. This type of cancer forms in the squamous cells that compose most of the upper layer of the skin.

Dr. Spiro assured reporters that Calhoun is cancer free now but, the treatment, requiring 25 to 30 minutes five days a week, will make the squamous cell cancer go away for good. His treatment won’t influence his ability to coach the basketball team, Spiro added.

Calhoun was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003, but there is no connection between the two type of cancers. Last year, he had a lump removed from his cheek.

Calhoun is expected to return behind his club’s bench for his 22nd season this fall.