Grambling State coach Rick Duckett announced that he will resign after junior Henry White died Aug. 14 after participating in an off-season conditioning workout, according to the News Star.
Duckett decided to step down as the university and an attorney representing White’s family investigate the player’s death. During that same conditioning program, two other players collapsed.
“We start from a position that it’s very troubling that the university was running these athletes at 2 p.m. in August in Louisiana,” [attorney Larry] English said.
In one season at Grambling State, Duckett had a 6-23 record. The Tigers have had two winning seasons in the past 17 years.
