The five-year-old namesake grandson of famed college basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian has suffered a stroke, his family said. His parents said young Jerry complained of pain in his legs and was taken to University Medical Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas at 4am on Friday. Danny and Amy Tarkanian said he's undergoing testing and is showing signs of improvement. Five-year-old Jerry Tarkanian, pictured here with with his parents, Amy (left) and Danny (right) Tarkanian, suffered a stroke at about 4am on Friday and was taken to the hospital . The family said the boy has never had health issues and is conscious and moving around better since the stroke. Danny Tarkanian said that the stroke was in the back of young Jerry's brain, where strokes apparently do less damage, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Amy Tarkanian announced her son's stroke on Twitter. 'Our son Jerry had a stroke...he's 5 and I'm just dying inside,' she wrote. Jerry, who is the grandson of the famed college basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian, was given a CT scan and other tests and is moving around better since the stroke, his family says . She said at about 6am that her son was having a CT scan because the 'left side of his body is not moving' and he was 'having trouble answering questions'. Danny Tarkanian is a former Republican congressional candidate and Amy Tarkanian is a political commentator and former Nevada GOP chairwoman. The boy's grandmother Lois Tarkanian is a Las Vegas city councilwoman. The elder Jerry Tarkanian, who led the 1990 University of Nevada, Las Vegas men's basketball team to a national title, died in February, aged 84. The Hall of Famer coached the UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team for 19 years. The boy's grandfather, Hall of Fame college men's basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian, died in February, aged 84 . He coached the who University of Nevada, Las Vegas men's basketball team for 19 years and led the 1990 team to a national title .
Jerry Tarkanian, five, was taken to the hospital at 4am on Friday after complaining about pain in his legs . He was given a CT scan, couldn't move the left side of his body and was having trouble answering questions, mom Amy Tarkanian said . Parents Danny and Amy Tarkanian say he's showing signs of improvement . Elder Jerry Tarkanian, a Hall of Fame coach, died in February, aged 84 .