Prosecutors rest case in trial of Ky. football coach charged in high school player’s death

Prosecution rests in case of Ky. football coach

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Prosecutors have rested their case against a Kentucky high school football coach charged with reckless homicide in the death of a player who collapsed at practice last year.

Shortly after prosecutors rested Monday afternoon, a judge denied a request by attorneys for former Pleasure Ridge Park coach Jason David Stinson to dismiss the reckless homicide and wanton endangerment charges.

Judge Susan Schultz Gibson said there is enough evidence to let the jury decide the case.

The charges against Stinson stem from the Aug. 2008 collapse of sophomore Max Gilpin at the end of a practice. Gilpin died three days later at a Louisville hospital.

Prosecutors said Stinson ran a brutal practice that day. His defense says the practice wasn’t unusually hard.