Former Northern State University basketball coach Don Meyer has died.
His family says Meyer died just before 7 a.m. Sunday. His wife, Carmen, says the coach is now running in heaven.
Doctors diagnosed Meyer with cancer in 2008 after a serious car crash in Faulk County.
Meyer was in Avera St. Luke's Hospital for three days with a feeding tube before returning home under hospice care, Brenda Dreyer of Avera said on Tuesday.
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The former Northern State coach died of cancer at 6:52 a.m. Sunday at his home in Aberdeen, where he had recently gone into hospice care, family spokeswoman Brenda Dreyer said. She added that Meyer's wife, Carmen, said, "He's running in heaven."
Four months after a near-fatal car accident and a cancer diagnosis, Meyer passed Bobby Knight as the NCAA's winningest coach in men's basketball history in 2009. The native of Wayne, Nebraska, retired following the 2010 season at Northern State and a 13-14 record — only his fourth losing season — before Duke's Mike Krzyzewski surpassed his record in 2012.
Some of the greatest names in college basketball were his biggest fans, including Krzyzewski, who once said Meyer did "a wonderful job of giving back to our great game." Former Tennessee women's coach Pat Summitt, who holds the all-time win record for college basketball, has called Meyer "truly one of the best teachers in the history of the game."
Praise also came from opponents, including Nebraska coach Tim Miles, who coached against Meyer at Northern State and worked Meyer's camps at Lipscomb when he was an assistant coach.
Credits: Don Meyer, Among Coaches With Most Wins, Dies - ABC NewsTwitter Tweets On Don Meyer Passing.
Coach Don Meyer has moved on. Had said he just wanted to be able to run again. Family is thankful for support.
— Jerry Meyer (@) Sun May 18 2014
Who runs your locker room when you aren't around? – Don Meyer
— Coach Quotes (@) Sat May 17 2014
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