Spinal surgery delayed for former UNLV coach
LAS VEGAS — Spinal surgery for former UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian has been delayed.
The operation had been scheduled for Tuesday in California. The Las Vegas Sun reports that Tarkanian’s son, Danny Tarkanian, says his father’s blood is too thin for surgery.
Doctors at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla will monitor the 79-year-old Tarkanian the next few days. They are to remove a bone spur pressing on the spinal cord. Tarkanian has had difficulty walking for several years.
The coach had a 509-105 record at UNLV from 1973 to 1992, including the 1990 NCAA championship.
Davis signs contract extension
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Providence men’s basketball coach Keno Davis has been given a contract extension after his first season in which the Friars won 19 games. Davis, the 2008 AP Coach of the Year at Drake, guided Providence to a 19-14 overall record — and a 10-8 Big East mark. The win total was the most by a Providence coach in his first season. The extension will keep Davis at Providence through the 2015-16 season.
Associated Press
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