Jerry Tarkanian, a Hall of Fame basketball coach known as well for his clashes with the NCAA as his on-court success, has died at the age of 84.

His son, Danny, confirmed the news on Twitter around noon Wednesday. Jerry Tarkanian has been at the Valley Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas since Monday for a respiratory infection that was causing a drop in blood oxygen.

He was placed in the Intensive Care Unit Monday afternoon when his condition worsened and doctors had to heavily medicate Tarkanian to get his blood pressure up.

"He fought and fought and fought," Danny Tarkanian told the Associated Press.

Inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013, Tarkanian won the 1990 National Championship with the UNLV Rebels, a team he led to four Final Four appearances.

"The UNLV community mourns the passing of Coach Jerry Tarkanian, and our condolences are with Jerry's wife, Lois, and the Tarkanian family," the school's president, Len Jessup, said in a statement. "Coach Tarkanian's contribution to UNLV and Southern Nevada stretches far beyond the game of basketball. Many in Southern Nevada and around the nation were introduced to UNLV through Coach Tarkanian and the Runnin' Rebels. He made Runnin' Rebel basketball a brand name during his 19 years on campus, inspiring our community and creating a legacy that endures to this day. He will be deeply missed though fondly remembered as a college basketball icon and as one of the greats in our university's history."

Tarkanian battled the NCAA for more than a decade over an alleged recruiting violation, though he believed they were trying to rid college basketball of him, ESPN reported. The NCAA never admitted fault, but paid him $2.5 million in a settlement and began granting those accused of violations due process.

"The qualities that make UNLV a great university - opportunity, self-determination and equality - are the same qualities that coach Tarkanian ingrained in his teams. The impact of coach's contributions to our university, our community, his players and all of college basketball, is immeasurable," UNLV's current men's basketball coach Dave Rice said in the statement. "He instilled in me a confidence and commitment to doing what I believe is right for all people I am around. He saw something in me and gave me my first opportunity in coaching and I will be forever grateful. He will always be a part of UNLV, and our university is a better institution because of that. We are all saddened by this loss, our deepest condolences to the Tarkanian family."