Michigan running backs coach is placed on a stretcher and taken to hospital in an ambulance
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Michigan coach and ex-NFL running back Mike Hart, 36, is rushed to hospital after collapsing on the sidelines during a live TV game against Indiana: Distraught players are seen in tears as he is taken to a waiting ambulance transported
- Mike Hart was transported from the field on a stretcher amid emotional scenes in IN.
- The Michigan running backs coach was then taken to hospital in an ambulance during the first quarter of the Wolverines’ Indiana road game in Bloomington.
- Hart previously coached for the Hoosiers between 2017-2020 before taking a job as running backs coach for the Michigan Wolverines in 2021
- Michigan running backs were visibly emotional and comforted after the incident
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Michigan running backs coach Mike Hart was taken on a stretcher and summarily hospitalized in an ambulance during the first quarter of the Wolverines vs. Indiana.
It’s unclear why Hart was taken off the field, but he moved his limbs and head while lying on the stretcher, showing thumbs up, according to Fox Sports.
Sideline reporter Jenny Taft said Hart’s wife, Monique, was with him when he left Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, IN. It was also reported Hart collapsed on the sidelines before events escalated.
Michigan running backs coach Mike Hart was rushed to hospital in an ambulance on Saturday
Michigan running backs Donovan Edwards and Blake Corum were visibly emotional after the incident as the game prepared to get going again.
Most of the Michigan players knelt on the sidelines, which was quickly followed by their Indiana brethren in a great show of humanity and sportsmanship.
Hart has a special relationship with his players, Corum in particular, and said the running back could ‘get married’ [his] daughters every day,’
It is Hart’s first season as run game coordinator/running backs coach in Michigan. Last season, he was the sole running back coach of the Wolverines.
Before joining the prestigious Big 10 school, he spent four seasons coaching in Indiana – Michigan’s opponents on Saturday – in various roles, namely as their running backs coach.
Michigan running backs Donovan Edwards (L) and Blake Corum (CR) were comforted after their position coach, Mike Hart, was stretched out on a stretcher before being taken to a local hospital
Hart is a Michigan alum who played running back for the maize-and-blue before being drafted in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts.
The 36-year-old finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy during the 2006 season and was a three-time first-team All Big Ten.
Hart left Michigan with 1,015 rush attempts and 5,040 rushing yards – which were and remain school records.
Hart is the run game coordinator, as well as the running backs coach for the Big 10 school