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Eye on the Y: Former Cougar men’s basketball coach Dave Rose recovering from major heart attack

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.