Michigan football running backs coach Mike Hart collapsed on the sideline during the first quarter of Michigan’s game Saturday against Indiana.
With 4:54 left in the quarter — just after Indiana scored a touchdown to tie the game, 7-7, and Michigan’s special teams unit was ready to head on the field — Hart suddenly collapsed while standing near midfield.
“It’s definitely one of those events in life that you sit back and you’re in shock,” quarterback J.J. McCarthy said. “Especially for coach Hart, because that’s someone who was waiting for this game, had this marked on his schedule.
“Just all prayers go out to him… I’m glad to hear he’s okay but it definitely caught us off guard.”
During halftime of the game telecast, Fox host Rob Stone reported that Hart suffered a seizure.
His team gathered around him and everybody on the field, on both sidelines, took a knee. Medical personnel tended to Hart and made a barricade around him holding towels up to block the view from the sideline. After about 10 minutes, Hart was brought onto a stretcher and placed on a cart that took him off the field.