LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A school system report released Wednesday on the heat-related death of a football player concluded a Louisville coach and his staff did not break any high school athletic rules, and found evidence the sophomore was ill with a headache and other symptoms before the practice.
The Jefferson County Public Schools report comes after the death of 15-year-old sophomore Max Gilpin, who collapsed while running sprints known as “gassers” at the end of a preseason practice last August. He died three days later of septic shock, multiple organ failure and heat stroke.
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