Texas Tech assistant, former Hoosier Robinson has quadruple bypass surgery

LUBBOCK, Texas -- Stew Robinson, an assistant coach at Texas Tech, remained hospitalized Tuesday, a day after undergoing quadruple bypass surgery.

Robinson, who played for former Texas Tech coach Bob Knight at Indiana, is heading into his sixth year with the program. He went in for a routine physical last week and was diagnosed with heart disease.

He played at Indiana from 1982-86 and remained in shape beyond his playing days. Robinson, who is in his early 40s, felt some discomfort after a workout last week, his wife, Tracy, said. That prompted the visit to the doctor.

Doctors initially believed Robinson needed a triple-bypass but entered a fourth artery during the 2½-hour surgery Monday, she said in a story for Tuesday's online edition of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.

Robinson was expected to remain in the hospital until the end of the week, Tracy Robinson said.

"It was a shock to everybody," Tech head coach Pat Knight said. "Especially with what happened (Sunday) to Coach (Don) Haskins, these things kind of put things into perspective."

Haskins, a pioneering coach at UTEP, died Sunday.