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Former college basketball coach Bob Huggins diagnosed with progressive cognitive condition

The family of Hall of Fame college basketball coach Bob Huggins announced he is living with a progressive cognitive condition that is affecting his memory and daily life.

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Hall of Fame college basketball coach Bob Huggins is living with a progressive cognitive condition, according to statements released by his family on Wednesday, October 21. CBS College Basketball and Yahoo Sports both reported that the health condition is affecting his memory and daily life. [1][2][3][4][7][8]

The announcement comes immediately before Huggins is scheduled to be inducted into the James P. Kelly UC Athletic Hall of Fame. CBS College Basketball and Yahoo Sports reported that he is set to be honored by the University of Cincinnati Bearcats this week. [1][2][5][6][7]

Huggins is the all-time winningest head coach in Cincinnati basketball history, CBS College Basketball reported. According to Yahoo Sports, Huggins won nearly 400 games at Cincinnati and almost 350 games at West Virginia, where he coached for 16 years before retiring in the summer of 2023. [1][2][4]

In addition to his tenures at Cincinnati and West Virginia, Huggins served as a head coach at Kansas State, CBS College Basketball reported. He was previously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022. [1][14]

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In short

  • Bob Huggins is living with a progressive cognitive condition that affects his memory and daily life.
  • Huggins is being inducted into the James P. Kelly UC Athletic Hall of Fame.
  • Huggins won nearly 400 games at Cincinnati and almost 350 games at West Virginia before retiring in 2023.
  • He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Former Cincinnati and West Virginia coach Bob Huggins living with a 'progressive cognitive condition'CBS College Basketball, 4h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Longtime Cincinnati and West Virginia men's basketball coach Bob Huggins dealing with 'progressive cognitive condition'Yahoo Sports Top, 4h ago
  3. [3]Longtime Cincinnati and West Virginia men's basketball coach Bob Huggins dealing with 'progressive cognitive condition'Yahoo Sports, 4h ago
  4. [4]Bob Huggins' family discloses health battle for college basketball legendYahoo College Basketball, 4h ago
  5. [5]Bob Huggins living with 'progressive cognitive condition,' family saysYahoo Sports Top, 5h ago
  6. [6]Bob Huggins living with 'progressive cognitive condition,' family saysYahoo College Basketball, 5h ago
  7. [7]Bob Huggins reveals ‘progressive cognitive condition’ diagnosis before Cincinnati Hall of Fame inductionYahoo College Basketball, 2h ago
  8. [8]Former Cincinnati and West Virginia coach Bob Huggins living with a 'progressive cognitive condition'CBS Sports, 4h ago
  9. [9]Former WVU coach, Hall of Famer Bob Huggins diagnosed with progressive cognitive conditionWV Sports Nation, 4h ago
  10. [10]Family says Hall of Fame basketball coach Bob Huggins has a 'progressive cognitive condition'Bozeman Daily Chronicle, 3h ago
  11. [11]Hall of Fame WVU men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins living with progressive cognitive condition, according to familyThe Dominion Post, 4h ago

Background

  1. [12]Cincinnati on Wikipedia
  2. [13]West Virginia on Wikipedia
  3. [14]Bob Huggins on Wikipedia
  4. [15]West Virginia on Grokipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 15 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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