Former BYU basketball coach Roger Reid recovering after bad golf cart accident
Isaac Hale, Daily Herald file photo
Roger Reid looks to a photo of himself coaching that was presented to him as part of a surprise presentation at halftime of a game between the Spanish Fork Dons and the Skyridge Falcons held Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, at Spanish Fork High School. Reid was the former head coach for the men's basketball teams at Brigham Young University and Southern Utah University as well as a former assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns.Former BYU men’s basketball coach Roger Reid is recovering in the hospital after suffering a golf cart accident in Nephi.
Reid, who is 78, was the head coach for the Cougars from 1989 to 1996 after being an assistant for BYU from 1978-’89.
According to reports, Reid was golfing at Canyon Hills Golf Course in Nephi on March 10 when he was struck by a golf cart and dragged into a sand trap where he was pinned by the cart.
Fortunately a nearby group of golfers included a Utah National Guard staff sergeant, Payton Lunt, and his wife, Avery, who is an emergency room technician at Spanish Fork Hospital. They immediately rushed over to remove the cart and help Reid start breathing again.
He was airlifted from Nephi to the emergency room at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo.
According to what the family told the Deseret News, Reid’s injuries included “breaking his fibula in two places on his right leg and a compound fracture of the tibia on his left leg. His right shoulder and left elbow were broken and he was bleeding from multiple wounds and lacerations. Seven ribs were broken, both eyes were black, and he banged up his forehead when he faceplanted in the sand.”
Reid has since undergone three surgeries to help repair the damage from the accident but is expected to remain in the hospital for the next couple of weeks as he recovers.
