Rick Majerus, Former Utah and St. Louis Basketball Coach, is Dead at 64
All, College Basketball December 1st. 2012, 9:11pm
Former Utah and St. Louis head basketball coach Rick Majerus died today. Majerus had taken leave from the Bilikens in August to deal with a serious heart issue. He was 64 years old.
Majerus compiled 517 career wins at four different programs. He was most famous for taking Utah to nine NCAA Tournaments and the 1998 title game. His St. Louis team lost 65-61 to Michigan State in the second round last year.
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December 1st, 2012 at 9:12 PM
Loved him as the dad on Just the Ten of Us
December 1st, 2012 at 9:21 PM
Was a big Majerus fan. An honest, no frills, no bullshit guy with encyclopedic basketball knowledge. Sad, but not surprising.
December 1st, 2012 at 9:21 PM
Big fan of his work.
That run to the title game in 1998 with Andre Miller & Michael Doleac was a great coaching job.
December 1st, 2012 at 9:22 PM
One cannoli assume what caused his heart problems.
December 1st, 2012 at 9:26 PM
Was hilarious how he’d pronounce it OH-ffense
December 1st, 2012 at 9:27 PM
After reading the first comment, I had to check whether Bill Kirchenbauer was still alive.
Majerus won legendary status with that ’98 Final 4 run, beating the Bibby-Simon Zona team and the Carter-Jamison UNC team. Unfortunately he never really came close to that again, primarily due to his health.
December 1st, 2012 at 9:35 PM
Quite a career – big time college basketball coach AND starred in Ghostbusters
December 1st, 2012 at 9:35 PM
Much respect to this guy. Good coach, genuinely funny guy. R.I.P.
December 1st, 2012 at 9:36 PM
Deadspin will probably be posting the story about the time he crapped into that towel shortly
December 1st, 2012 at 9:38 PM
He took, then resigned from, the SC job because it was too far away from his mother.
December 1st, 2012 at 9:39 PM
about the time he crapped into that towel shortly
Funny how as I read that they’ve got the ad on the side of the screen with that chick wearing the shirt that says “I pooped today!”
December 1st, 2012 at 9:55 PM
Rick was the man…My brother in law thinks he was gay for some reason.
December 1st, 2012 at 10:09 PM
Man, I’m gonna miss him. Spent a lot of time with him. We spent hours together while he was showing me a blitz zone look he was building. It was a weird thing. We’d watch film, he’d spend hours discussing how rotations had to happen, how hard it was to convince kids to help uphill and to the apex of the next pass, and then next thing he’d want to talk about my old job. I was a chemistry/BMS student who had started in the strategic defense studies graduate program before my love of basketball took over, and he was VERY knowledgeable about my old field. You could literally talk about almost anything with him. He knew he was fat. He knew it was going to cost him his life. He knew it made him look weak. He knew what people thought, and said, and he would discuss it honestly. I’m going to miss him. He was funny, bright, honest and loving. I hope people say the same about me when I die. RIP.
December 1st, 2012 at 10:11 PM
517-216. Pretty nice record for a guy who coached where he coached. A basketball genius.
December 1st, 2012 at 10:20 PM
thanks for sharing gc
December 1st, 2012 at 10:50 PM
Obligatory.
December 1st, 2012 at 10:53 PM
He, next to Coach K, was my favorite basketball coach. Always wanted to meet him/ go to a camp he was at.Never got the chance. RIP Rick.
December 1st, 2012 at 11:57 PM
good coach, alienated those outside the game. he had signed power of attorney to his girlfriend, was spending all his cash, had him moved from slc to sc to find a heart, didnt work out as we heard tonight.
December 2nd, 2012 at 12:56 AM
Andy Katz is claiming in his interview after majerus’ passing that he played two on two with majerus and Katz on one side, Kevin Costner and Steve erkell on the other. Yea, chew on that.
December 2nd, 2012 at 1:04 AM
that’s quite a collection th
December 2nd, 2012 at 2:14 AM
I rarely get affected when people die, but Rick Majerus always reminded me of my dad. Such a nice person. Never thought he was bigger than you. Took the time to talk. I welled up when i heard the news. A great great coach. and a great man. He knew the end was coming. I will always love coach Rick.