Corsicana —
Golden Circle area high school football coaches were already on high alert about the extreme heat before Monday’s start to two-a-days.
Tragically, every coach around the state was dealt a sad reminder Monday night.
Plano Prestonwood assisant coach Wade McLain died at practice on Monday after collapsing during a prolonged break in practice. He was 55.
The concern naturally is always about the players first. But the coaches also have to make sure and take care of themselves, area coaches said Tuesday.
Wednesday’s high is forecast to be 108 degrees. Thursday’s high is 107.
“We have to remind coaches to remain hydrated,” Rice coach David Currey said. “We tell them, ‘go get a drink.’ The kids are getting water. The coaches are too.”
Prestonwood Baptist Church pastor Jack Graham told The Dallas Morning News on Monday that McLain had not told anyone that he was feeling ill. He also said that, to his knowledge, McLain did not have any preexisting medical condition.
McLain died between 5:30 and 6 p.m., Vicki Morgan, the school's spokesperson, told The Dallas Morning News.
The Collin County Medical Examiner said he died from a combination of heart disease and heat exposure.
Kerens coach Russell Anderson wisely said before two-a-days started that one of his main concerns was for his coaches and himself. He said he had been doing yard work and other things in the heat to remain acclimated to the high temperatures.
“At 11 a.m. it starts getting ridiculously hot,” Anderson said. “The biggest part as a coach is you’re busy coaching, and then when you get a drink, you’re thinking about making sure the kids are getting hydrated and you don’t think about yourself.”
Anderson said the Bobcats used 100 gallons of water and ice for the coaching staff and 47 players for Tuesday’s two-a-day practices alone.
Currey said it’s all a matter of taking a break with the players, and looking out for one another.
“We have to watch each other just like we watch the kids,” Currey said.
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Team manager Justin Crisp, a junior at Rice, gives Bulldogs assistant coach Eddie Barker a water bottle during Tuesday's workout. It was 95 degrees at 9:30 a.m. in Rice.
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