Rick majerus won 323 games at utah leading the utes to the 1998 ncaa title game. Rick started having chest pains at 41 and had to have a septuple bypass. Rick majerus the jovial basketball obsessed coach who led utah to the 1998 ncaa final and had only one losing season in 25 years with four schools died saturday. Majerus fights his weight every day. At rick majerus final stop the lone concession to the coachs health woes were the footstools stationed at each corner of the practice court. Now he works out daily but the weight wont stay off possibly because he cant bring himself to do the one exercise that would help the most the pasta push away.
Majerus had a history of heart and weight problems dating to 1989 that persisted despite a daily. He coached at marquette university 19831986 ball state university 19871989 the university of utah 19892004 and saint louis university 20072012. His father raymond died of a heart attack at 61. Majerus had a history of heart and weight. Majerus most successful season came at utah in the 199798 season when the utes finished as runners up in the. Richard raymond majerus february 17 1948 december 1 2012 was an american basketball coach and tv analyst.