Total Pro Sports
A football coach has been shot to death at the age of 37 in the lead-up to the 2025 campaign, with one high school program now left to mourn his passing.
The coach, Demetrice Beverly, was shot in an apartment complex over the weekend. He was a coach at Parker High School in Alabama, and his death follows that of another popular high school coach, who was killed in a car crash last month.
It also comes during a summer where multiple high school and college athletes have lost their lives in tragic accidents or as a result of violent crimes.
According to WVTM13, Beverly was in an apartment at the Lakeshore Ridge complex with a woman when he was shot by another man, De’Corlion Robinson, who is facing charges of murder and possession of a machine gun conversion device.
“Investigators believe that Beverly and a woman were in the apartment when De’Corlion Robinson shot Beverly. Robinson is facing charges of murder and possession of a machine gun conversion device,” the outlet notes.
Parker head coach Frank Warren lauded the job Beverly did with the program after the devastating news.
“He was an attention to detail kind of guy. He knew his ins and outs about football off the field with the kids,” he said. “He did a good job of breaking down film and understanding the game plan of each opponent.”
Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones, as well as everyone associated with Parker High School athletics.
