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Lawrence Journal World: Former KU coach Roy Williams: Neil Dougherty was ‘true gentleman’
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<blockquote data-quote="TopFrog" data-source="post: 866200" data-attributes="member: 120"><p><img src="http://media.lawrence.com/img/croppedphotos/2011/07/08/neilcrop_t640.jpg?a6ea3ebd4438a44b86d2e9c39ecf7613005fe067" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><a href="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/jul/08/report-former-ku-assistant-coach-neil-dougherty-di/" target="_blank">Lawrence Journal World: Former KU coach Roy Williams: Neil Dougherty was 'true gentleman'</a></strong></span></p><p></p><p>By <a href="http://www2.ljworld.com/staff/gary_bedore/" target="_blank"> Gary Bedore</a></p><p></p><p>Native Kansan Neil Dougherty, who worked as head basketball coach at Texas Christian University from 2002-08 after seven seasons on Roy Williams' staff at Kansas University, died Tuesday while jogging in Indianapolis.</p><p></p><p> He was 50.</p><p></p><p> "I'm deeply shocked and saddened. He was a great person, a great coach, a great family man, great father, great husband, a true gentleman who loved basketball and working with kids," current North Carolina coach Williams said Friday night from Akron, Ohio, where he was attending the LeBron James Skills Academy.</p><p></p><p> "This is something that is so sad. It's a loss for everybody," Williams added. "Neil Dougherty was a great asset to Kansas basketball, the university and whole community. Fifty is way too early to have something like this happen. It shows everybody that life is so fleeting. All the things we think are so important are not when facing things like this. I feel so overwhelmed for Patti and the kids." ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TopFrog, post: 866200, member: 120"] [img]http://media.lawrence.com/img/croppedphotos/2011/07/08/neilcrop_t640.jpg?a6ea3ebd4438a44b86d2e9c39ecf7613005fe067[/img] [size="5"][b][url="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/jul/08/report-former-ku-assistant-coach-neil-dougherty-di/"]Lawrence Journal World: Former KU coach Roy Williams: Neil Dougherty was 'true gentleman'[/url][/b][/size] By [url="http://www2.ljworld.com/staff/gary_bedore/"] Gary Bedore[/url] Native Kansan Neil Dougherty, who worked as head basketball coach at Texas Christian University from 2002-08 after seven seasons on Roy Williams' staff at Kansas University, died Tuesday while jogging in Indianapolis. He was 50. "I'm deeply shocked and saddened. He was a great person, a great coach, a great family man, great father, great husband, a true gentleman who loved basketball and working with kids," current North Carolina coach Williams said Friday night from Akron, Ohio, where he was attending the LeBron James Skills Academy. "This is something that is so sad. It's a loss for everybody," Williams added. "Neil Dougherty was a great asset to Kansas basketball, the university and whole community. Fifty is way too early to have something like this happen. It shows everybody that life is so fleeting. All the things we think are so important are not when facing things like this. I feel so overwhelmed for Patti and the kids." ... [/QUOTE]
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