Saturday, July 9, 2011

Ex-TCU coach and Kansas assistant Neil Dougherty dies at 50

Based on the outpouring of grief and good wishes on Friday in the wake of former TCU coach Neil Dougherty's death, it's clear college basketball lost a man universally liked by those who knew him best.

Dougherty collapsed and died Tuesday while jogging in Indianapolis, where he was at an AAU event working for iHoops, a joint NBA-NCAA venture promoting youth basketball. Authorities were unable to identify the 50-year-old Kansas native's body until Friday morning.

In his career as a head coach at TCU and an assistant at Kansas, South Carolina, Vanderbilt and Drake, Dougherty made many friends and touched many lives. Here's a sampling of what the players, coaches and reporters who knew him had to say on Twitter on Friday after learning of Dougherty's death:

Missi Pyle Jessica Alba Kylie Bax Diora Baird Laura Prepon

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