OK State player Coger died of enlarged heart

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Oklahoma State basketball player Tyrek Coger died from an enlarged heart and the manner of his death was natural, the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner’s Office said on Friday.

The news came a few hours after university officials held a news conference on Coger’s death, which happened Thursday evening just after the team held a workout at the football stadium in extreme heat.

Coger, a 22-year-old forward who had recently transferred to OSU, did not appear to be struggling during Thursday’s workout at Boone Pickens Stadium, OSU spokesman Gary Shutt said Friday at a news conference. Afterward, Coger sat down and when the team went to check on him, they noticed there were issues.

The team called 911 and paramedics arrived at 5:08 p.m. Coger arrived at Stillwater Medical Center at 5:48 p.m. and was pronounced dead at 6:23 p.m., Shutt said. The temperature at 5 p.m. Thursday in Stillwater was 99 degrees with a heat index of 105 degrees, The Stillwater NewsPress reported.

“It was obviously hot yesterday, and you know, in competitive athletics, you’re always pushing,” athletic director Mike Holder said Friday. “If you want to be great at something, you’ve got to push the envelope. That’s what conditioning is all about.”

Technically, Coger died from cardiomegaly with left ventricular hypertrophy, and the manner of death was natural, Oklahoma State Medical Examiner’s Office spokeswoman Amy Elliott said in an email Friday. The office’s family assistance coordinator, Eddie Johnson, told The Associated Press that the final report is not likely to be ready and released for another eight weeks.

Oklahoma State basketball coach Brad Underwood broke down Friday as he remembered Coger, noting that he was in Las Vegas on a recruiting trip when he learned of Coger’s death.

“This is the hardest couple of days I’ve ever experienced in my coaching …

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