Updated: March 21, 2012, 7:28 am ET

UNLV coach Tarkanian suffers heart attack

By HOOPSWORLD
Basketball News & NBA Rumors

Former UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian suffered a mild heart attack on Tuesday.

“It was a mild heart attack. Supposedly, he’s OK right now,” son Danny Tarkanian told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “He said he feels pretty good, but he was scared.”

The elder Tarkanian, 81, led the Runnin’ Rebels to the 1990 national championship and four Final Four appearances.

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