Michigan coach and ex-NFL running back Mike Hart, 36, is rushed to hospital after collapsing on the sidelines during live TV game against Indiana: Distraught players are seen in tears as he is carted off to waiting ambulance
- Mike Hart was carted from the field on a stretcher amidst emotional scenes in IN.
- The Michigan running backs coach was then taken to hospital in an ambulance during the first quarter of the Wolverines’ road game at Indiana in Bloomington
- Hart previous coached for the Hoosiers between 2017-2020 before taking a job as running backs coach for the Michigan Wolverines in 2021
- Michigan’s running backs were visibly emotional and consoled after the incident
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Michigan running backs coach Mike Hart has been carted off on a stretcher and summarily taken to hospital in an ambulance during the first quarter of the Wolverines’ vs. Indiana.
It is unclear as to the reasons Hart was taken from the field, however he was moving his extremities and head while on the stretcher, giving the thumbs up, per Fox Sports.
Sideline reporter Jenny Taft, said Hart’s wife, Monique, was with him as he left Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, IN. It was also reported Hart collapsed on the sideline prior to events esclating.
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 following the incident as the game prepared to get back underway.
Most of the Michigan players took a knee 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, in particular Corum, and said the running back could ‘marry [his] daughters any day,’
It is Hart’s first season as run game coordinator/running backs coach at Michigan. Last season he was solely the Wolverines’ running backs coach.
Prior to joining the prestigious Big 10 school, he spent four seasons coaching at Indiana — Michigan’s opponents Saturday — in various roles, namely as their running backs coach.
Michigan running backs Donovan Edwards (L) and Blake Corum (CR) were consoled after their position coach, Mike Hart, was carted off on a stretcher before being taken to a local hospital
Hart is a Michigan alum and 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
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