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Former Iowa State and current North Texas football coach Dan McCarney has been released from the hospital after suffering a stroke.
North Texas football coach Dan McCarney has been released from a hospital after suffering a stroke on Feb. 12, according to the Associated Press. He was released last Thursday and is already back to work, spending about an hour a day at the office, a university spokesman confirmed.
Two days after suffering the stroke, McCarney released a statement on the school's official athletic web site thanking people for their support and well-wishes. He also described what happened:
"After suffering numbness on the left side of my body Sunday, we called 911 and were subsequently rushed to the hospital. I have been told by the doctors that the early recognition of the symptoms and the quick response of the paramedics indeed helped minimize the impact of the stroke. Thanks to the care of the wonderful medical staff that I have been under, I am confident that there will be no long-lasting effects and I will be able to return my normal routine in time.
"While I have a great passion for coaching and approach my job with a tireless effort, I’m sure that my doctors will ask that I as I return to work I take the necessary time to get back into my normal routine. I fully intend on leading the North Texas football program through spring drills and can’t wait to be back around my staff and players.
"If there is any lesson to be learned in all of this it is to make yourself aware of the signs of a stroke and act immediately when those signs become present. I’m not sure if our quick reaction saved my life, but it definitely saved the quality of my life."
McCarney, 58, just completed his first season at the helm of North Texas, leading the Mean Green to a 5-7 record in 2011 (4-4 in the Sun Belt Conference) one year after the team finished 3-9. McCarney was previously the head coach at Iowa State from 1995 to 2006 before stints as a defensive line coach at South Florida in 2007 and Florida in 2008-2010.
North Texas coach Dan McCarney, who suffered a stroke Sunday morning and appears set for a miraculous recovery, has simply prescribed himself a little bit of Grandpa's old cough medicine:
"I'm supposed to get out of the hospital in a couple days," he said. "I feel good right now. I've got a little tingling feeling, but hey, if that's the worst of it, I'd say I'm a pretty lucky guy.
"Nothing wrong with me that a little Grey Goose won't cure."
Get well soon, Coach!
North Texas head coach Dan McCarney, 58, has been hospitalized and is currently undergoing a "battery of tests," according to a statement from the school. The release also said "the exact cause and nature of the symptoms of his illness are not immediately known by us at this time." There has been speculation that he had a stroke, which was fueled by a tweet from Iowa State women's basketball coach Bill Fennelly. McCarney was previously the football coach at Iowa State from 1996-2006 before being hired by North Texas in 2011.
Please keep Dan McCarney in your thoughts and prayers after a recent stroke-no better people than he and his wife Margy!
— Bill Fennelly (@ISUCoachFen) February 13, 2012
McCarney helped turn the Mean Green from a team that went 3-9 the year before he was hired into one that went 5-7, including 4-4 in the Sun Belt Conference. North Texas closed out its 2011 season with a 59-7 victory over Middle Tennessee.
Dan McCarney Is Unstoppable
by Jason Kirk
North Texas coach Dan McCarney had a stroke, and now he's back to work. He took his stroke like a man, at one point self-prescribing some Grey Goose and perhaps a little bit of dirt on it. I kind of want to be Dan McCarney when I grow up. Can confirm this is the sort of thing that goes through a father's mind during a life-threatening episode:
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