During the Midnight Madness festivities, BYU Sports Nation host Spencer Linton tweeted screenshots of an Instagram post that revealed former BYU men’s basketball head coach Dave Rose is recovering from a major heart attack suffered Tuesday morning, his wife Cheryl posted on Instagram.
Rose retired in April after 22 years at BYU and 14 as head coach. The 61-year-old was rushed to the hospital Tuesday and was recovering Wednesday.
“Early Tuesday morning Dave had a heart attack,” Cheryl Rose wrote on Instagram. “The doctors used words like severe, major and widow maker but they went to work and gave us more time together.