Rick Majerus, who never headed the elite programs in college basketball but who became a leading coach, winning more than 500 major-college games, died on Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 64.First, this, from Loyola University of Chicago's head basketball coach and onetime Rick Majerus assistant Porter Moser:Former Utah and Saint Louis basketball coach Rick Majerus passed away on Saturday night. He was 64 years old.Rick Majerus' solitary season on an NBA bench in 1986-87 was spent as a Milwaukee Bucks assistant to head coach Don Nelson and sidekick to then-Bucks assistant Del Harris. Nelson and Harris quickly became two of Majerus' closest friends in the game.Rick Majerus' last game was Saint Louis' 65-61 loss to Michigan State in the second round of last season's NCAA tournament. David E. Klutho/SI. If you're a college basketball reporter of a certain age, you almost certainly have a go-to Rick Majerus story.
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