isaan.live — Southern Florida’s Amir Abdur-Rahim, among the brightest young trainers in university basketball, passed away Thursday at age 43, the institution announced.
Abdur-Rahim was undergoing a clinical treatment at a Tampa-area medical facility when he passed away because of problems that occurred, the institution said.
“Everyone with Southern Florida Athletics are grieving with the loved ones of Trainer Abdur-Rahim,” USF sports supervisor Michael Kelly said in a declaration. “He was genuine, owned, and his contagious personality mesmerized all Bulls Country. Trainer Abdur-Rahim fallen leaves a long lasting effect on our student-athletes, the College, and the community. We are sustaining those closest to him, consisting of his family, group, and athletics staff, to ensure they have the sources they need to deal with this remarkable loss.”
Abdur-Rahim directed the Southern Florida men’s group to among the greatest turnarounds in the nation last period, prominent the Bulls to a program-record 25 victories and their first American Sports Conference regular-season title. Before Abdur-Rahim taking over in 2023, the institution had never ever finished.500 in the AAC and had finished over.500 overall simply once since 2012. He was selected as the AAC Trainer of the Year.
The Bulls were also placed in the men’s AP Top 25 for the very first time in institution background, making an area for 2 weeks in late February and very early March.
“I asked [Kelly], ‘You scared of elevations?'” Abdur-Rahim said at his initial information conference in March 2023. “‘Because you are mosting likely to have to obtain up on that particular ladder someday to cut down those internet.'”
Abdur-Rahim invested 4 periods at Kennesaw Specify before transferring to Southern Florida, prominent the Owls to an NCAA competition look in 2023. He was the architect of a remarkable program reconstruct, going from one win in his first period at the helm to 26 in his last project. He won the Hugh Durham Honor in 2023, provided yearly to the nation’s best mid-major trainer, and was called ASUN Trainer of the Year.
“There are individuals that have been here that appreciate this program. It was a place with no identification but got on the cusp of having the ability to do something real unique,” Abdur-Rahim informed ESPN after Kennesaw Specify won the Atlantic Sunlight competition.
“It is nuts, to be honest with you.”
Abdur-Rahim is the more youthful sibling of previous California celebrity and NBA professional Shareef Abdur-Rahim, that is currently head of state of the NBA G Organization.
A longtime aide trainer, Abdur-Rahim invested time on personnels at Georgia, Texas A&M, Charleston, Georgia Technology and Murray Specify. While on Tom Crean’s staff at Georgia, the Atlanta native assisted the Bulldogs sign top-five hire Anthony Edwards, that took place to be the No. 1 pick in the 2020 NBA prepare.