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Former Saint Louis University basketball coach Rick Majerus has died. He was 64. Here, Majerus gestures to one of his players during a college basketball game against Southern Illinois University on December 2, 2008. Majerus coached from 1987-1989 for Ball State. MCT PHOTO

Former Ball State coach dies

Former Ball State basketball coach Rick Majerus died Saturday at the age of 64, according to the USA Today.  He was most known as the coach at Utah from 1989-2004 and took the Utes to the national championship game in the 1997-98 season. Majerus coached from 1987-1989 for Ball State. In those seasons, he had a combined record of 43-17 and had a 22-10 record in the Mid-American Conference. In the 1988-89 season, Ball State finished first in the MAC and went to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.



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