Former TCU Coach Neil Dougherty Passes Away

[Harry0569]

Terrible News. My thoughts go out to his family.

Former TCU coach Neil Dougherty collapsed while jogging earlier this week in Indianapolis and died. He was 50 years old.

Dougherty was in Indianapolis at an AAU camp, working for iHoops, a joint NBA-NCAA venture that promotes youth basketball. He collapsed and died on Tuesday, but authorities were unable to identify the body until Friday morning.

"Serving the game he loved, Neil has been a driving force and true visionary in the path of building iHoops from its earliest days," NCAA vice president Greg Shaheen said in a statement. "Neil's commitment to assuring young people experience the joy and satisfaction of the game as he did will empower our focus going forward."

Dougherty, who played at Army under now Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, had a 75-106 record at TCU from 2002 to 2008, joining the Horned Frogs after serving as a Kansas assistant for Roy Williams from 1995 to 2002. He also spent time as an assistant at Cameron, Drake, Vanderbilt and South Carolina.

"He was only 50 years old," Williams, now the coach at North Carolina, told CBS on Friday. "You just never know."

[Wilshire Heights Pony]

The Kansas coaching tree lost a good one today. RIP Neil Dougherty.

[SoCal_Pony]

He collapsed and died on Tuesday, but authorities were unable to identify the body until Friday morning.

Don't know the specifics, but how did this happen?

[mrydel]

He collapsed and died on Tuesday, but authorities were unable to identify the body until Friday morning.

Don't know the specifics, but how did this happen?

With no identification on him and if there was not someone there who knew him well enough they probably had to wait for a family member to do the ID. When my brother was burned and killed in a car crash, it took several days and finally dental records to give a positive id although we were certain it was him from circumstantial surroundings. Also if he was running is a wooded area there could have been some animal feeding going on.

[One Trick Pony]

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[mrydel]

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I am assuming his question was why did it take 4 days to id the body.

[White Helmet]

http://www.roadid.com

ROAD ID very important for anyone who runs, cycles, etc. Had a running friend that was hit by a car and had no ID and a morphine allergy turned a bad situation into a real bad situation.