Marcus Freeman is an American football coach and former linebacker currently serving as the head coach of the University of Notre Dame.
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Freeman played in the NFL for the Chicago Bears, the Buffalo Bills and the Houston Texans within the same one year, 2009.
However, he retired on May 1, 2010 due to a heart condition.
What heart condition does Marcus Freeman have? In February 2010, Freeman was diagnosed with an enlarged heart valve during a physical.
Freeman was scared about the “element of the unknown” of the diagnosis and said;
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“The scary part is the element of the unknown.”
“OK, you have an enlarged heart valve that’s going to disqualify you from playing football; what does that mean?
Per Clevand Clinic, potential health complications from an enlarged heart can include:
- Blood clots, which can block blood flow and lead to a heart attack,
- Stroke or pulmonary embolism (clot in the lung) and
- Heart failure, if the left side of your heart is enlarged (left ventricular hypertrophy).
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