Cincinnati basketball coach Bob Huggins in critical condition after heart attack.

UC Sports Information Director ^ | 9/28/02 | Tom Hathaway

[comebacknewt]

CINCINNATI, Ohio -- University of Cincinnati head basketball coach Bob Huggins suffered a heart attack early Saturday morning while in Pennsylvania.

Huggins, 49, is listed in critical condition at Beaver Medical Center in suburban Pittsburgh where he underwent emergency surgery. Wife, June, and daughters Jenna and Jacqueline are with Huggins in Pittsburgh after having traveled to Pittsburgh on Saturday morning. University of Cincinnati athletics director Bob Goin has joined the family in Pittsburgh.

Huggins, who was preparing for his 14th season at Cincinnati, is the nation's second-winningest active head coach in Division I, having compiled a 500-172 record for a .736 percentage in 21 seasons. He is 332-100 as Cincinnati's head coach, having directed UC to postseason play in each of his 14 seasons there.

[comebacknewt]

Doesn't sound like he is doing well at all.

Prayers for a speedy recovery.

[dutchess]

WOW...I've been watching the Ryder Cup and totally missed this. Although Huggins sometimes draws criticism from Ohio folks he is one heck of a coach. Prayers being sent for he and his family.....

[az wildkitten]

I hope he has a speedy recovery, but fault him for recruiting and promoting thugs for his teams.

[BluH2o]

Huggins, 49, is listed in critical condition at Beaver Medical Center in suburban Pittsburgh where he underwent emergency surgery.

Try serious condition ... or, at least, that's what the Cincinnati TV stations are reporting as of 7 PM. He is expected to recover ...

[comebacknewt]

During the day, his condition was upgraded. At the time this news release was put out, he was indeed in critical condition.

The latest updates do sound much more encouraging.