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Jim Berry has passed away

Postby unipanther99 » August 31st, 2010, 8:47 am

Former UNI head men's basketball coach and special assistant for the past two years has passed away. He was diagnosed with bone cancer 18 months ago and had reportedly been fighting a bout of pneumonia recently.

He transitioned UNI from D-2 to D-1, and was an important part of the last couple of seasons for UNI. I know the current staff and players were very close to him. In addition, he recruited Coach Mac to UNI.

He will be missed.

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Postby Khan4Cats » August 31st, 2010, 8:49 am

Former UNI head basketball coach Jim Berry passed away this morning.

http://wcfcourier.com/sports/college/un ... 03286.html

Coach Berry was Head Coach at UNI when we transitioned to Division I. He returned to the bench as a volunteer the last couple of years. MVC fans might have noticed the older gentlemen that accompanied the team recently. He had been battling cancer at the time as well.
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Re: Jim Berry has passed away

Postby DUBulldog » August 31st, 2010, 8:55 am

Sorry to hear that.
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Re: Jim Berry passes

Postby DUBulldog » August 31st, 2010, 8:57 am

Sorry to hear that. It was a neat story last season with him sitting on the bench.

Edit: It looks like there were two threads started on the same subject at about the same time, so I've merged them together.
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