Indiana University head football coach Terry Hoeppner passed away today at the age of 59. He died due to complications from a brain tumor.
“You just expect someone that’s as tough and competitive as he is to, no matter the obstacle whether it’s cancer or anything else, show up one day,” said the younger Lynch, who coached with Hoeppner at Miami (Ohio) and followed him to Indiana after the 2004 season. “I was just laughing with the guys, telling them that Terry would probably tell us to suck it up, get going and defend ‘The Rock’ because that’s who he was.”
Hoeppner had gone through two brain surgeries in the past 18 months.
