HUNDREDS REMEMBER MAJERUS AT MARQUETTE
Hundreds of friends and fans gathered at Marquette University on Saturday to ember Rick Majerus, the impassioned college basketball coach who died of heart failure at 64.
Al Jensen, who played for Majerus at Utah and coached with him at Saint Louis University, recalled the portly man who loved food as much as basketball a demanding coach and loyal friend.
"There wasn't a man as unique as Coach. You can't compare him to anyone else," Jensen said.
Majerus was 517216 over a 25 year career in which he had 15 seasons with at least 20 wins, plus two 30 win seasons. He led Utah to the NCAA championship game in 1998 and also coached at Marquette, Ball State and Saint Louis.
Majerus died of heart failure Dec. 1 in a Los Angeles hospital.
I was living in Bailiff Hall on the University of Utah campus at the time Majerus was coaching at Utah. He lived a short walk away at the University Apartments. I would sometimes walk over to his place and visit with him about life, success. It was a pleasure. I remember one time I made a comment, (I was usually the straight guy) he got a kick out of which was. "You stomach is so big if you fell down, you'd rock yourself to sleep trying to get up."
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KARL WALLACE
Hundreds of friends and fans gathered at Marquette University on Saturday to ember Rick Majerus, the impassioned college basketball coach who died of heart failure at 64.
Al Jensen, who played for Majerus at Utah and coached with him at Saint Louis University, recalled the portly man who loved food as much as basketball a demanding coach and loyal friend.
"There wasn't a man as unique as Coach. You can't compare him to anyone else," Jensen said.
Majerus was 517216 over a 25 year career in which he had 15 seasons with at least 20 wins, plus two 30 win seasons. He led Utah to the NCAA championship game in 1998 and also coached at Marquette, Ball State and Saint Louis.
Majerus died of heart failure Dec. 1 in a Los Angeles hospital.
I was living in Bailiff Hall on the University of Utah campus at the time Majerus was coaching at Utah. He lived a short walk away at the University Apartments. I would sometimes walk over to his place and visit with him about life, success. It was a pleasure. I remember one time I made a comment, (I was usually the straight guy) he got a kick out of which was. "You stomach is so big if you fell down, you'd rock yourself to sleep trying to get up."
To be continued...
KARL WALLACE
