USF Basketball Coach dead at 43

[lawknight]

USF basketball coach Abdur-Rahim dies at age 43

South Florida men's basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim, 43, died during a medical procedure Thursday at the age of 43, the school said.

www.espn.com

Sad.. Condolences for the family and friends.

 

[90Knight]

Wow….sad.

 

[PositYourself]

Holy christ!

 

[Asphalt.Jungle]

damn, 43. RIP.

 

[Central Floridave]

Bummer. R.I.P. Brings me back to that UCF-USF NIT game. He had his team playing hard.

Go Bulls! (only in honor of the coach).

 

[Poolside Knight]

awful ..he was a rising star

 

[The Nation of UCF]

WOW !!! This is really tragic ... young guy , rising star on the way to taking the USF program to new heights

Go Bulls (see above)

 

[BlakNGoldAllDay]

I remember his brother in NBA. Both guys were decent. Probably has kids 20 and under. Terrible to go unexpectedly like this. What surgury was he doing?

 

[PositYourself]

I remember his brother in NBA. Both guys were decent. Probably has kids 20 and under. Terrible to go unexpectedly like this. What surgury was he doing?

We dont know the details, but why was he having a brain tumor operated on 5 days before the season opener? Guess it was a sudden emergency.

 

[BlakNGoldAllDay]

We dont know the details, but why was he having a brain tumor operated on 5 days before the season opener? Guess it was a sudden emergency.

I’m hoping it was operate now or it could be dire. The details could change perspective. Would be tragic if anesthesia caused it or a mistake by staff during procedure.

 

[DrPhillipsKnight]

I remember his brother in NBA. Both guys were decent. Probably has kids 20 and under. Terrible to go unexpectedly like this. What surgury was he doing?

Oh wow I didn’t know that was his brother. Sad news indeed.

 

[NestaKnight1]

Tragic, RIP.

 

[coffeyucf]

Awful news. It sucks to see anyone with that much life ahead of them pass.

I hate to bring this into a thread like this, but did any one catch this “dig” on the cows from the article.

“Abdur-Rahim spent four seasons at Kennesaw State before moving to South Florida, leading the Owls to an NCAA tournament appearance in 2023”

 

[Poolside Knight]

just remembered that his wife went to UCF…think I mentioned it in the lead up to our NIT game vs USF

 

[Asphalt.Jungle]

Awful news. It sucks to see anyone with that much life ahead of them pass.

I hate to bring this into a thread like this, but did any one catch this “dig” on the cows from the article.

“Abdur-Rahim spent four seasons at Kennesaw State before moving to South Florida, leading the Owls to an NCAA tournament appearance in 2023”

kennesaw state are the owls. that's who he lead to the NCAA tournament before getting the USF job soon after.