Browse past news stories for Pleasure Ridge Park High School in Louisville, KY.

• Report calls for trainers, tracking (Lexington Herald-Leader)
  posted on November 30, 2009 at 01:21:05 am
  The Sports Safety Work Group, created by state law following the heat-related death of a Jefferson C
• Stinson's friend to publish book about coach's trial (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 03:57:51 pm
  A long-time friend of Jason Stinson plans to publish a book early next year that he describes as an insider's account of the first U.S. football coach ever tried and acquitted for a player's heat-related death.
• Ex-Louisville football punter Nate Smith now gets his kicks in rugby (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on November 14, 2009 at 06:46:52 am
  Nate Smith spent his time at the University of Louisville kicking a ball, but the man with the rugby-style punts always had more to offer. Even the coaches knew it.
• Ex-punter Smith now gets his kicks in rugby (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on November 14, 2009 at 06:27:50 am
  Nate Smith spent his time at the University of Louisville kicking a ball, but the man with the rugby-style punts always had more to offer.
• Drew Dillman, 15, already has come full cycle (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 04:43:10 am
  If you had an irrepressible urge to follow the budding career of Drew Dillman, boy racer, you might find yourself in Colorado or Tennessee or Belgium.
• Commentary: When high school football turns deadly (CNN)
  posted on September 30, 2009 at 06:51:02 pm
  We love our football in this country, don't we? Whether it's watching the pee-wees or the pros, there's nothing like taking in a game on a crisp fall afternoon.
• Stinson Teaching Again (WTVQ Lexington)
  posted on September 25, 2009 at 12:19:24 am
  Jason Stinson is back in a Louisville classroom. WHAS in Louisville says the ex-coach began as a technical teacher at Pleasure Ridge Park High School.
• Acquitted Ky. coach: No winners in player's death (The Mail Tribune)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 09:00:51 am
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky football coach acquitted last week in the death of a player says there are no winners in what he called a "terrible tragedy."
• Acquitted Kentucky football coach: No winners in player's death (Honolulu Advertiser)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 06:39:17 am
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky football coach acquitted last week in the death of a player says there are no winners after his criminal trial.
• Acquitted coach discusses death (The Record and Herald News)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 05:45:57 am
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky football coach acquitted last week in the death of a player says there are no winners in what he called a "terrible tragedy."
• Stinson speaks out about the trial, teaching, and his future at JCPS (WHAS TV11 Louisville)
  posted on September 22, 2009 at 03:08:04 pm
  (WHAS11) - The former football coach of Pleasure Ridge Park High School is telling his side of the story. First on WHAS11 throughout the day, he appeared with ABC with Diane Sawyer live in New York on Good Morning America.
• Acquitted Coach: Player's Death A "Terrible Tragedy" (LEX 18 Lexington)
  posted on September 22, 2009 at 02:21:04 pm
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky football coach acquitted last week in the death of a player says there are no winners after his criminal trial.       Former Pleasure Ridge Park High School coach David Jason Stinson told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Tuesday that the case was "never Jason Stinson vs. Max Gilpin."       He calls the 15-year-old offensive lineman's death a "terrible tragedy ...
• Stinson to return to teaching, can apply for coaching jobs (USA Today)
  posted on September 22, 2009 at 12:20:06 am
  A former Kentucky high school football coach acquitted last week in the death of a player was cleared Monday to return to the classroom as a technical teacher and apply for coaching positions. David Jason Stinson, 37, can resume teaching at Pleasure Ridge Park High School on Thursday, Jefferson County Public Schools spokeswoman Lauren Roberts said.
• Acquitted Coach To Return To Teaching (WLKY Louisville)
  posted on September 21, 2009 at 10:24:08 pm
  The former football coach once in the center of a homicide investigation will soon return to Pleasure Ridge Park High School.
• Acquitted Ex-Coach Returns To School As Tech Teacher (LEX 18 Lexington)
  posted on September 21, 2009 at 02:51:06 pm
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A former Kentucky high school football coach acquitted in the death of a player is set to return to the classroom as a technical teacher.       Jefferson County Public Schools spokeswoman Lauren Roberts said Monday that 37-year-old David Jason Stinson has been cleared to resume teaching at Pleasure Ridge Park High School on Thursday. A letter sent to Stinson, who has been ...
• The Hot Corner: Justice Served Prevents Second Tragedy (The Suncoast News Pasco)
  posted on September 21, 2009 at 07:06:39 am
  No one truly won on Thursday, Sept. 17 when the final verdict was read within a Louisville, Ky. courtroom. David Jason Stinson's peers found him not guilty in the death of Max Gilpin, a 15-year-old football player Stinson coached at Pleasure Ridge Park High School.
• Ky. football coach acquitted of teen's heat-stroke death (USA Today)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 10:17:59 pm
  A Kentucky high school football coach has been acquitted of homicide charges in the heat-stroke death of a player in August 2008. David Jason Stinson, a coach at Pleasure Ridge Park High School, was cleared of reckless homicide and wanton endangerment in the death of 15-year-old Max Gilpin, a sophomore lineman. He was shaking and stumbling during wind sprints before he collapsed during practice ...
• Jury acquits high school coach on all charges in death of player (USA Today)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 09:56:35 pm
  A Jefferson County jury has acquitted former Pleasure Ridge Park High School football coach Jason Stinson on charges of reckless homicide and wanton endangerment in the August 2008 death of sophomore lineman Max Gilpin. The 15-year-old collapsed at a practice on Aug. 20, 2008 a day when the heat index was 94 degrees. He died Aug. 23 at Kosair Children's Hospital.
• Coach Stinson Found Not Guilty (WTVQ Lexington)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 09:19:24 pm
  David Jason Stinson, an ex-high school football coach from Louisville, has been found not guilty in the heat-related death of one of his players. In August of 2008, 15-year-old Max Gilpin collapsed during a practice at Pleasure Ridge Park High School. He died three days later.
• Stepmom of high school player testifies that teen was sick (USA Today)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 04:10:43 am
  Max Gilpin was warm to the touch, had a headache and complained of feeling sick before going to school on Aug. 20, 2008 the day he collapsed at a Pleasure Ridge Park High School football practice, his stepmother said Wednesday.
• Students, Experts Testify For Stinson Defense (WLKY Louisville)
  posted on September 15, 2009 at 10:01:01 pm
  Players and an emergency room doctor testified something appeared to be wrong with Max Gilpin before his last practice at Pleasure Ridge Park High School.
• Prosecutors rest case in trial of Ky. football coach charged in high school player's death (Los Angeles Times)
  posted on September 14, 2009 at 11:39:51 pm
  Kathleen Smith, a witness for the commonwealth and softball coach at Waggner High School, testifies in the case against former Pleasure Ridge Park High School coach David Jason Stinson, Monday, Sept. 14, 2009 in Louisville, Ky. Stinson is charged with reckless homicide and wanton endangerment stemming from the Aug. 20, 2008 collapse of sophomore Max Gilpin at the end of a practice.
• Testimony Continues In Trial Over Player's Death (LEX 18 Lexington)
  posted on September 14, 2009 at 01:06:24 pm
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Testimony is scheduled to enter a ninth day in the trial of a former Kentucky football coach charged with reckless homicide in the death of a player.       Prosecutors have said they could rest their case Monday.      Former Pleasure Ridge Park High School coach David Jason Stinson is also charged with wanton endangerment stemming from the Aug. 20, 2008, collapse of ...
• Coroner: No reason to autopsy player (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
  posted on September 11, 2009 at 04:20:19 pm
  LOUISVILLE - Jefferson County Deputy Coroner Sam Weakley testified Friday that there was no autopsy conducted on Pleasure Ridge Park High School football player Max Gilpin because "at the time there was no talk whatsoever of malfeasance."
• Expert: Player had 109-degree temp (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
  posted on September 10, 2009 at 03:20:19 pm
  A prosecution expert on heat-related illnesses testified Thursday that Max Gilpin's temperature was approximately 109.4 degrees when he collapsed during a Pleasure Ridge Park High School football practice on Aug. 20, 2008.
• Mom of Kentucky player who died testifies at rare trial (The Canton Repository)
  posted on September 4, 2009 at 10:11:13 pm
  Michelle Crockett testified Friday in the trial of former Pleasure Ridge Park High School coach David Jason Stinson, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of reckless homicide and wanton endangerment in the death of her 15-year-old son Max Gilpin. The sophomore collapsed while running in 94-degree heat in August 2008 and died three days later.
• Jurors get two views of ex-coach (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
  posted on September 4, 2009 at 10:45:54 am
  LOUISVILLE - It was a "barbaric" practice in sweltering heat, where players on the Pleasure Ridge Park High School football squad were denied water and ordered to continue running, even as some got sick, until one quit the team, prosecutors said Thursday.
• News briefs from around Kentucky at 4:58 a.m. EDT (Newsday)
  posted on September 4, 2009 at 10:28:25 am
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The first witnesses are expected to testify in the trial of a former high school coach charged with reckless homicide in the death of one of his football players. Prosecutors will start presenting their case against former Pleasure Ridge Park High School coach David Jason Stinson when court resumes Friday morning. A jury of 10 men and five women heard opening statements on ...
• News briefs from around Kentucky at 4:58 p.m. EDT (Newsday)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 10:58:28 pm
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Prosecutors have begun giving their opening statements in the trial of a former Kentucky high school coach charged in the death of one of his players. Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Leland Hulbert says former Pleasure Ridge Park High School football coach David Jason Stinson was punishing his team with running drills the day 15-year-old Max Gilpin collapsed in August ...
• Stinson judge throws out 1,500 pages of evidence (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on September 1, 2009 at 04:36:17 am
  A Jefferson Circuit Court judge threw out 1,500 pages of evidence Monday in the homicide trial of former Pleasure Ridge Park High School football coach Jason Stinson, after ruling that prosecutors turned over the information too late to the defense.