Deaths Of Notable Sports Figures (R.I.P.)

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South Florida basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim dies at 43 after complications during medical procedure

The rising star in coaching took Kennesaw State to its first NCAA Tournament and was building USF into a mid-major force

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South Florida basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim dies at 43 after complications during medical procedure​

The rising star in coaching took Kennesaw State to its first NCAA Tournament and was building USF into a mid-major force​

Amir Abdur-Rahim, the coach of South Florida's men's basketball program, has died. The tragic and unexpected news was announced Thursday by the university. He was 43 years old.

Abdur-Rahim was undergoing a medical procedure at a Tampa-area hospital when he passed away due to complications that arose during the procedure.

Abdur-Rahim had been a rising star in coaching in recent years and had built up a tremendous name as a quick-fix wizard. Off the court, his reputation was highly regarded throughout the sport. The Bulls went 25-8 last season, Abdur-Rahim's first with the program, winning the American Athletic Conference with a 16-2 mark and improving USF's win total by 11 games from the previous year. The Bulls' regular-season AAC title was the first in school history; the team's 25 wins were also a single-season school record. Thanks to a school-best 15-game home winning streak, USF broke through in the AP Top 25 under Abdur-Rahim during the 2023-24 season, marking the first time in program history the school had notched such an achievement.

He quite literally changed broken programs for the better, doing it multiple times in a short window of his rapidly rising track in college basketball.
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South Florida basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim dies at 43 after complications during medical procedure

The rising star in coaching took Kennesaw State to its first NCAA Tournament and was building USF into a mid-major force

www.cbssports.com

South Florida basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim dies at 43 after complications during medical procedure​

The rising star in coaching took Kennesaw State to its first NCAA Tournament and was building USF into a mid-major force​

Amir Abdur-Rahim, the coach of South Florida's men's basketball program, has died. The tragic and unexpected news was announced Thursday by the university. He was 43 years old.

Abdur-Rahim was undergoing a medical procedure at a Tampa-area hospital when he passed away due to complications that arose during the procedure.

Abdur-Rahim had been a rising star in coaching in recent years and had built up a tremendous name as a quick-fix wizard. Off the court, his reputation was highly regarded throughout the sport. The Bulls went 25-8 last season, Abdur-Rahim's first with the program, winning the American Athletic Conference with a 16-2 mark and improving USF's win total by 11 games from the previous year. The Bulls' regular-season AAC title was the first in school history; the team's 25 wins were also a single-season school record. Thanks to a school-best 15-game home winning streak, USF broke through in the AP Top 25 under Abdur-Rahim during the 2023-24 season, marking the first time in program history the school had notched such an achievement.

He quite literally changed broken programs for the better, doing it multiple times in a short window of his rapidly rising track in college basketball.
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continued

R.I.P.

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