Former Georgia, Miami coach Mark Richt 'doing fine' after heart attack

Marc Lancaster

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Former Georgia and Miami coach Mark Richt suffered a heart attack Monday morning but said he is "doing fine." 

Richt said in a tweet sent shortly before noon ET that he plans to be back at work as an analyst at ACC Network this weekend. 

"I am doing fine," he wrote, in part. "As I went through the experience I had peace knowing I was going to heaven but I was going to miss my wife."

Richt, 59, retired from coaching after last season, his third at Miami. He went 26-13 at his alma mater after leading Georgia back to prominence during his 15 years in Athens. His career record is 145-51. 

He played quarterback at Miami from 1979-82 before moving into coaching, serving as an assistant at East Carolina and Florida State before landing the Georgia job heading into the 2001 season. 

Richt signed on with the ACC Network as a studio analyst in April.

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Marc Lancaster joined The Sporting News in 2022 after working closely with TSN for five years as an editor for the company now known as Stats Perform. He previously worked as an editor at The Washington Times, AOL’s FanHouse.com and the old CNNSportsIllustrated.com, and as a beat writer covering the Tampa Bay Rays, Cincinnati Reds, and University of Georgia football and women’s basketball. A Georgia graduate, he has been a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 2013.