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Aplington-Parkersburg High School football coach Ed Thomas was shot and killed in the school's weight room on the morning of Wednesday, June 24, 2009. Coach Thomas had been the head football coach at the Iowa high school for 34 years.http://www.kcci.com/news/19843764/detail.html
The Waterloo Courier reported that Coach Thomas, age 58, was shot in the head.http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2009/06/24/news/local/doc4a422b5643a1b304896512.txt The suspect was named as Mark Becker, a 24-year-old former player of Thomas'. Becker was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gYrh_YmeXSwY19tZroTS3UuENByQD99164CO0,/ref>
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Fast Facts
- Named the NFL's high school football coach of the year in 2005
- Football coach at Aplington-Parkersburg High School in Iowa
- Was a head coach for 37 seasons; with Aplington-Parkersburg for 34 years http://sports.espn.go.com/highschool/ris...
- Had almost 300 career victories http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article...
- Four of Thomas' former players made it to the NFL http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article...
- Coach Thomas' home was destroyed in a tornado in 2008 http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article...
- Led the high school to 19 state playoffs http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2009/...
- Won state titles in 1993 and 2001 http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2009/...
- Began coaching at Northeast Hamilton in Blairsburg, Iowa http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2009/...
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