Mooney temporarily stepping away due to heart issue

[SFspidur]

Best wishes to Mooney. Not expected back this season.

Meeting with team now, public announcement at 2.

Spiders coach Chris Mooney will step away while addressing heart issue

University of Richmond basketball coach Chris Mooney will step away from his position because of a health issue, sources said Friday.

richmond.com

 

[MDspider8]

Oh wow. Best wishes to coach and his family. A great example of how life comes at you fast, and we're all humans regardless of what you've though of him over the years. Really interested to see how this shapes thing to end of the year.

 

[SpiderDad75]

He's in my prayers as I am hopeful he is in everyone else's as well...🙏🙏

 

[brooklyn brownstone]

for all my criticisms of his professional performance, I certainly hope he is okay and his health stable. Hoping for a full, speedy recovery of whatever the issue.

 

[MrTbone]

Wow big news. Get well coach.

 

[Spiders4ever]

Get well soon Coach.

 

[plydogg]

Heart issues are a serious and scary thing. My younger brother was born with a hole in his heart, and the delivery process nearly killed him and our mom. Both had to stay in the hospital for over a month and doctors didn’t expect both to make it. He still deals with it today, can’t play sports (although he always hated sports anyways - so that one worked out) and out of the blue will have his beat get out of sync and struggle for breath.

Good luck to Chris Mooney in his treatment here. Basketball is supposed to be fun, it isn’t worth harming and risking your long-term health for. Take the next 7 months to see what your options are for treating, managing, and figuring out the best way to live your life while accommodating your heart. When it goes there’s no Plan B.

 

[spider23]

for all my criticisms of his professional performance, I certainly hope he is okay and his health stable. Hoping for a full, speedy recovery of whatever the issue.

Agree. Very unexpected news. Hopefully it is not too serious, though it seems like it may be if causing him to step away.

Hopefully Boyden can step in and lead us to about 9-11 wins in a row and ease Coach Mooney's mind and stress. I do know stress is not good for the heart.

 

[Eight Legger]

All the best to Mooney. I hope the treatment is quick and effective and he is back in top health as soon as possible.

 

[Spiders05]

All the best to Coach. Health is the only thing that matters.

 

[ur2K]

for all my criticisms of his professional performance, I certainly hope he is okay and his health stable. Hoping for a full, speedy recovery of whatever the issue.

Ditto

 

[kneepadmckinney]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery. He has a great role model in Grant Golden.

 

[ManiBenton]

Me and Chris have had our differences, but I would never pray or wish for something like this. Get well soon Chris!

 

[MooreHall73]

May God see him through this and may he be better and stronger in his return.

 

[GKiller]

Agree. Very unexpected news. Hopefully it is not too serious, though it seems like it may be if causing him to step away.

Hopefully Boyden can step in and lead us to about 9-11 wins in a row and ease Coach Mooney's mind and stress. I do know stress is not good for the heart.

Wow. Hope ok. Idk it might be the Giper. He has most longevity on staff tho first year assistant like the others. Not sure who is considered the top assistant. Tough situation. If Mooney out for a while that hurts recruiting too but definitely gotta take care of health first.

 

[64Spider]

All the best coach 🙏🏻

 

[72Spider]

All the best to Coach. Health is the only thing that matters.

Absolutely. Prayers for Coach's speedy recovery.

 

[8legs1dream]

What a shock, rest up and repair Coach. As others have said your health is the most important thing you have and too easy to take for granted sometimes. Looks like we can hear the press conference here --

 

[SFspidur]

Surgery for aortic aneurysm. Pete Thomas will serve as interim.

 

[SFspidur]

Expected to be out 4–8 weeks for recovery.

Chris Mooney To Have Heart Surgery, Miss Remainder of Season - University of Richmond Athletics

RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond Men's Basketball Head Coach Chris Mooney will have surgery next week to remove an aneurysm in his ascending aorta and will miss the remainder

richmondspiders.com

"I want to thank Richmond Athletics leadership, my coaching staff, and our players for doing everything they can to make a difficult situation a little bit easier," said Mooney. "I'm grateful to have a tremendous medical team to rely on, and I'm thankful to have the opportunity to fully focus on my health for the next few weeks. During that time, I'm confident that Peter Thomas, the rest of our coaches, and our players will rise to the challenge and have a successful end to the season."

 

[SpiderK]

I guess we should all call a timeout and wish coach Mooney and his family all the best.

 

[Eight Legger]

Scary, but I'm glad they caught it before anything worse happened.

 

[GKiller]

Yeah I was going to post this Goodman seemed to have it right.

 

[SpiderTrap]

Even more reason for this team to come together and go on a run for Coach Mooney.

 

[wr70beh]

Best wishes Coach. The heart is nothing to screw with. Hopefully he can get better and is coaching again.

 

[Not-A-Homer]

I wish him a speedy recovery and good health!

 

[JCabrey]

Best wishes and prayers for a full recovery from Hawk Hill

 

[RichmondNative]

Glad he got a screening and I am sure he has the best surgeons involved. Hope his surgery goes well and that he doesn’t try to rush back. It will be an interesting end to the season and an obvious rallying point for the team.

 

[spider fan]

Serious diagnosis . Praying for coach, Lia, his sons, and extended family. May it be God's will that he will heal fully. May God grant him and his family the serenity and patience to deal with the lengthy recovery. Tough on the young sons in particular.

 

[ur2K]

Scary, but I'm glad they caught it before anything worse happened.

Definitely a good thing it was caught.

For those who follow soccer/world cup, that was the cause of Grant Wahl's death https://www.npr.org/2022/12/14/1142647682/grant-wahl-autopsy-world-cup-qatar

 

[Eight Legger]

I am not a doctor and will trust his, but I'm surprised this is something that would not demand immediate surgery. Aneurysms are sort of ticking time bombs, so I assume it is something of a good sign that they are able to wait a few days before doing the surgery.

 

[SpiderK]

I don’t guess Peter will be allowed to do anything different, but maybe.

 

[97spiderfan]

Best wishes for a speed recovery to Chris.

 

[DTSpider]

All the best coach! So glad to hear when something is caught before it is too late. All scary stuff when it comes to the heart. Know from personal experience how difficult it can be to find out from after an incident happens. We’re all rooting for you!

 

[SFspidur]

 

[SpiderRick]

Scary indeed. My otherwise healthy mother died of an aortic aneurysm at the young age of 60, the morning that she was suppose to go to the hospital for surgery. One year later, her sister died of the same thing. Best to get it done as soon as possible, to the relief of your family and all of Spidernation.

 

[SFspidur]

Speaking from experience...

 

[urmite]

You are in our thoughts and prayers, get well soon Coach.

 

[gcarter52]

He's in my prayers as I am hopeful he is in everyone else's as well...🙏🙏

Coach is in my prayers as well🙏🙏🙏.

 

[PhillySpider]

Prayers up for Chris and his family! Hoping for a speedy and full recovery!