Lincoln High Head Coach Dies

GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) - Lincoln High's head football coach has died
after complaining of chest pains at halftime of his team's season
opener.
Etowah County Coroner Michael J. Gladden said 48-year-old Keith
Howard was pronounced dead Friday night at Riverview Medical Center
in Gadsden. The Lincoln High Golden Bears beat Etowah High 26-7
during the game in Attalla.
Gladden said Howard likely died from a massive heart attack.
A Lincoln High graduate, Howard became head coach at the school
in 2004. Before that he had been head coach at Ragland High.
Also Friday night, 65-year-old James Parrish, a high school
football referee collapsed died shortly after the beginning of the
Dothan-Eufaula football game.