Down Goes Huggy Bear

Down goes Huggy Bear, Down goes Huggy Bear.

Yes, it seems that West Virginia coach Bob Huggins took a nasty fall today after tripping over a cone while checking his cell phone messages on the tarmac at an airport in Charlotte, N.C.

“He’s down there with the alumni to meet with the Charlotte alumni group and as he was getting off the plane, he tripped and bumped his head,” West Virginia AD Ed Pastilong told the Charleston Daily Mail  early in the afternoon.

“We’re monitoring this situation and that’s all we know right now.”…

Huggins, 54, last week signed a 10-year contract to remain at his alma mater through his 65^th birthday, had a massive heart attack at the Pittsburgh airport in September 2002 and said he was shocked back to life three times.

At the NCAA Tournament in March, he was often asked about his scare and how it changed his life. He said he hadn’t slowed down at all and, in fact, was in the midst of an ambitious schedule for travel related to recruiting and WVU events.

“It’s the same thing you do New Year’s Eve,” he said. “You say, ‘I’m going to do this,’ and about the 3rd of January you’re back doing what you did before. I haven’t really changed all that much. I would love to sit here and tell you that I probably eat better, but look at me. That’s obviously not the case.”