Airport's Darrell Mossburg named Girls Basketball Coach of the Year
Monroe County Region Coach of the Year Darrell Mossburg of Airport savors each day more after near-death experience during season.
CARLETON – Death was not an option. Darrell Mossburg had too many reasons to live. The Airport girls basketball coach collapsed in a school hallway before a game in early December.
It was a shock to the fit, 56-year-old physical education teacher at Flat Rock. More: Airport's girls basketball season ends with loss in quarterfinals “I had severe abdominal pain,” Mossburg recalled. “I didn’t want the kids to see me like that.
They got me into the teacher’s lounge. Luckily my wife (Lori) was there. ” The news got worse.
“I had a blockage in my intestine and the main artery to my aorta was blocked,” he said. “They couldn’t help me. ” Doctors finally figured out a course of action.