Grambling Basketball coach to resign fired after player’s death
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Bill Jempty | Saturday, September 26, 2009 |
Rick Duckett had only been at the Louisiana University for a little over a year. From ESPN-
Grambling State men’s basketball coach Rick Duckett will resign, the school announced Friday, nearly a month after one of his players died following a supervised conditioning session.
Henry White, 21, became ill at a preseason session on Aug. 14 and died on Aug. 26 at a hospital in Shreveport, La. The university and an attorney for White’s family both say they are investigating, according to reports in the Monroe News Star and the Ruston Daily Leader.
White, a prep standout in Milwaukee, transferred to Grambling for the 2009-10 season from Hill Junior College in Texas.
Duckett has been placed on administrative leave through Oct. 31, when his employment officially ends, the university said, according to the reports.
Earlier this week, WISN-TV in Milwaukee, White’s hometown, reported White’s family claims the players were made to run in 104-degree heat without water.
This news article states Duckett wasn’t at the practice in question. If it is true players were made to work out in that temperature, the coaches responsible should be criminally prosecuted.
Update- Rick Duckett is now claiming to have been fired by Grambling.
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