Cincinnati Coach Mick Cronin Sidelined Indefinitely
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OK, so maybe sidelined isn’t the best word to use, since coaches are technically sidelined even when they’re active, but Cincinnati head coach Mick Cronin has been ruled out indefinitely after an unruptured aneurysm was discovered following tests this week. Cronin explained that he has been experiencing headaches for the past few games. He felt ill during the Bearcats’ huge overtime win at home against No. 19 San Diego State on Wednesday, but opted to coach anyway.
Rick Pitino brought in Cronin for his first three years at Louisville for an assistant coaching position, before he took the head coaching job at Murray State in 2003. The 43-year old is in his ninth season at Cincinnati, after replacing interim coach, now Ole Miss head coach, Andy Kennedy, following the 2005-2006 season.
Cincinnati struggled today without their coach, as VCU rolled them at home 68-47.
Cronin tweeted his thoughts about the news:
Thank you to everyone for your concern, prayers, and support. I am ok. I am very fortunate to have such great friends and family.
— Mick Cronin (@CoachCroninUC) December 20, 2014
I want everyone to know I am going to be ok!! I just can't coach for precautionary reasons with my medical condition.
— Mick Cronin (@CoachCroninUC) December 20, 2014
I hope to be back ASAP but that will not be my call. As I love to say " I am always day to day. " so that really applies now.
— Mick Cronin (@CoachCroninUC) December 20, 2014
KSR ally, Seth Greenberg also had some thoughts about the news:
Thoughts go out to one of the best guys in the business @CoachCroninUC Get well my friend.
— Seth Greenberg (@SethOnHoops) December 20, 2014
KSR and the rest of Big Blue Nation wish Coach Cronin a quick recovery.
3 Comments for Cincinnati Coach Mick Cronin Sidelined Indefinitely
Wow… with a cerebral aneurysm, you’re ok…until one day you’re not ok. They need to go in and repair that thing.
Good luck, Coach Cronin
Pray they can coil his aneurysm. Cutting open his head to clip his aneurysm is less ideal…
I’ve never watched Mick Cronin coach a game where I DIDN’T think he was close to having an aneurysm, or a heart attack. The man, much like the late, great Rick Majerus, is a ticking time bomb.