Monday, December 3, 2012

Rick Majerus, College Basketball Coach, Dies at 64

There was such an outpouring, such a need from so many around the Web to share their feelings, opinions and stories on Rick Majerus, I wanted to take a special exception with the Wakeup Call and split up the links between Majerus and non-Majerus piecesOutspoken, humorous and a basketball tactician, coach Rick Majerus died Saturday night from a heart condition. He was 64. "No one saw the game like he saw it," said Loyola coach Porter Moser, a protege and former Majerus assistant at Saint Louis.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.Obit Rick Majerus Bas_Rotz.jpg Rick Majerus coaches Saint Louis in his final game last March in a third-round NCAA tournament contest against Michigan State in Columbus. Majerus died Saturday from chronic heart disease contributed to by obesity.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.
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