Testimony to resume in Ky. player death trial
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By AP
Tuesday, September 08, 2009 at 9:42 a.m.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Testimony is scheduled to resume in the Louisville trial of a former high school football coach over the death of a player.

Former Pleasure Ridge Park High School coach David Jason Stinson is charged with reckless homicide and wanton endangerment in the death of 15-year-old Max Gilpin, who collapsed after practice in August 2008 and died three days later. Stinson has pleaded not guilty.

The Courier-Journal of Louisville said Gilpin's father was set to testify Tuesday morning.

Jurors last week heard testimony from Gilpin's mother and an athletic trainer.

Prosecutors said Stinson ran a brutal practice the day Gilpin collapsed. Stinson's defense said the practice wasn't unusually hard.

Stinson's trial is a rare case of a coach being prosecuted for a player's heat-related death.

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