Arizona State University hockey coach put on leave after player collapsed during workout

Updated on: September 30, 2026 / 6:45 PM EDT / CBS News

Arizona State University has placed its hockey coach, Greg Powers, on paid administrative leave after a player collapsed during a workout last month and remains hospitalized on life support.

ASU said assistant coach Mike Corbett will take over for now and that an interim coach would be named "soon." The school did not say how long Powers was expected to remain on leave.

Matthew Mayich, a 21-year-old sophomore from Ontario, Canada, collapsed during a workout on Aug. 20. Robert Carey, an attorney for the Mayich family, has said he is "unlikely to recover," according to CBS affiliate KPHO-TV.

According to a report from the school about the incident, Mayich was taking part in a "wind-down" exercise that involved running with a medicine ball at one of the school's outdoor facilities when he collapsed. The high temperature that day was over 100 degrees, according to the National Weather Service, although the school said the workout took place when the temperature ranged from 86 to 89 degrees.

"When running, Matthew appeared to struggle, and then in rapid succession stumbled, dropped the medicine ball, and fell to the ground. He attempted…

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