Tyrek Coger, an incoming member of the Oklahoma State men’s basketball team, has died after collapsing at a team workout.
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According to the team, Coger collapsed during an afternoon workout and was transported to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
The Stillwater News-Press, who were the first to report upon Coger’s death, says that the 21-year-old suffered heat exhaustion.
Oklahoma State player Tyrek Coger died of enlarged heart, according to a medical examiner’s spokesperson. No more than two of those eight hours can be on-court practice, with the majority of it for strength and conditioning workouts.
Holder said he also had questions about what occurred but didn’t have any answers yet. The team went to check on him and noticed there were issues, Shutt said. The workout had taken place on the stadium’s stairs, said OSU spokesman Gary Shutt.
The coach said Coger had an impact on his peers even in his short time at Oklahoma State.
Said athletic director Mike Holder: “Dreams are supposed to begin here. But we know our loss pales in comparison to the pain his family is going through”. “I’m extremely proud to have been a part of his life”, said Coach Underwood during the press conference. The NCAA’s Sports Medicine Handbook does not provide specific guidelines for when teams should avoid practicing in extreme temperatures, but recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say sports teams should work out during parts of the day when the heat isn’t severe.
Coger had been on the OSU campus for 17 days before his death. “‘I gotta think beyond basketball now'”. Wall wrote: “Rest in Peace to the lil homie who always had the competitive spirt. you will be missed Tyrek”. He transferred after one season to Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, where he played last season.
Oklahoma State has scheduled a news conference for Friday at 11 a.m. And in 2001, 10 people died in a Colorado plane crash, including two men’s basketball players and six staff members.
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“There’s no worse feeling that getting a call about one of your players that is like this”, said Underwood, who spent the previous three seasons at Stephen F. Austin University before joining OSU.
