September 19, 2008

Today's date is September 19th, 2008. Time now is 0932 hours. My name is Detective
Terry Jones, my code number's #6354. I'm with the Louisville Metro Police Department. This
interview pertains to Case File #08-197. It is a death investigation involving victim Max Gilpin.
this interview is of Mr. Jason Cook, and we are currently at JCTA, at the Waterson Towers,
conducting the interview with him. Present during this interview is his attor...uh, the...Mr. Mark
Miller, an attorney...and uh...

Jones Mr. Cook...are you...and also present is, is uh,

uh...my sergeant, Denny Butler. And uh, Mr.
Cook, are you aware this interview is being
taped?

Cook Yes.

Jones Okay. Uh, does it meet with your approval?

Cook Yes, sir.

Jones Okay. Uh, Mr. Miller, you acknowledge that

you are here...

Miller I so acknowledge. Yes.

Jones Okay. And Sgt. Butler.

Butler Yes. My code number is #6084.

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Jones Okay. Uh, at this time, Mr. Cook, can you

identify yourself?

Cook Yes. Uh, my name is uh, Jason Cook.

Jones Okay. Your date of birth?

Cook Is
Jones And address?

Cook 7026 Alma June Way, uh, Louisville,

Kentucky, 40228.

Jones And phone number?

Cook It's area code

Jones Okay. And at this time, uh, uh...goin' back to

Au...August 20th, 2008, at which time uh, you
were a coach at the uh, Pleasure Ridge Park
High School...uh, uh...football team, you were
coaching uh, uh...the football team at
practice...if you would, on that particular day,
August 20th, uh, just describe what events took
place that day. Just start, from start to finish.

Cook Uh, we started out on the football field at

approximately 4 o'clock. Uh, I led the students
in some stretching and pre-game
exercises...uhm, after the stretching period was
over with, we went to our team take-off period,
which is where we run plays against air. Uh,
the students were given a water break. Then
after the team take-off period, uh, the students
were then...we went to our individual group
period...uh, in which we do our birddog
exercises, where the students get down and uh,
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in a stance and fire off the football. Uhm, after

the...after the birddog uh, period, uh, the
students were given another water break. Then
uh, we went to uh, another individual period
with the running backs, which uh, this is called
our buck drill, uh, which the students uh, the
offensive linemen are with the running backs.
Uhm, that period lasted approximately 20
minutes. Uh, after the buck drill was over
with, uh, the students were given a water
break. Then we went to uh, a uh, kind of a
walk-through period uh, where the students uh,
ran...walk through their assignments uh, on
certain plays. Then we were going, uh, then,
after the walk-through period, uhm, the
students were given a water break. Then uh,
we went to uh, we were going to start our team
period and then instead of going to uh, the
team period, we started our conditioning
period. And that conditioning period lasted
approximately 25 minutes.

Jones Okay. Uh, Mist...Coach Cook, if I can refer

back to times...

Cook ...Yes...

Jones ...you said practice started at 6...at 4 o'clock?

Cook Yes. Approximately 4 o'clock. Yes, sir.

Jones And, and it involved team stretching. Correct?

Cook Yes, sir.

Jones As a team.

Cook As a team.
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Jones Okay. And uh, Team #1, you got varsity...is

Team #2 JV...

Cook ...Um-hmm...

Jones ...and Team #3 is freshmen.

Cook Freshmen. Yes.

Jones Okay. And your position is...what is your

position there?

Cook I'm the off...the, one of the offensive line

coaches.

Jones Of the two offensive lines?

Cook Yes, sir.

Jones And who's the second one?

Cook Uh, Adam Donnelly.

Jones Okay. And how long have you been a, a

coach?

Cook Uh, for six years.

Jones Okay. Has PRP been the only school you've

coached at?

Cook Uh, no, sir, it has not.

Jones Okay.

Cook Uhm, I coached for two years at New Albany

High School in southern Indiana and then
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coached for one year uh, at Hazelwood Junior

High School.

Jones Okay. And was it the same offensive line that

you coached or a different, a different...

Cook Uh, when I was at New Albany High School, I

was the offensive line...assistant offensive line
coach, and when I was at Hazelwood Junior
High School, I was the head uh, coach for the
seventh grade football team.

Jones Okay. Uh, so the first water break after the

practice had started at 4, was at 4:30?

Cook Uh, yes, approximately. Yes, sir.

Jones And uh, and roughly the team well, it was as

individual or as a group?

Cook Uh, that was as a group.

Jones Now I mean we're, we're saying "group" I

mean is that a particular group that you're
assigned to...

Cook ...This would be the...

Jones ...like the li...linemen?

Cook Yes. Yes...this would be the, after the...

Jones ...Right...

Cook ...the first water break was with the entire

offensive side.

Jones Okay.
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Cook So that would be the offensive linemen, the

running backs, quarterbacks, and wide
receivers.

Jones Um-hmm. Uh, so it's safe to say that while

your group was takin' a break the other players
could still be doin' their exercises. Correct?
Or...

Cook ...Uh...

Jones ...in their particular pods they can do...

Cook Or, or the, the defensive line, we usually all

finish at the same time.

Jones Okay.

Cook Uh, because the defense is on one side during

team take-off and the offense is on another side
of the field.

Jones But the water break was determined by your,

your group...

Cook ...Uh...

Jones ...because you had already completed your

assignment...

Cook ...Yes...

Jones ...based on what y'all had to accomplish...

Cook ...Yes. Yes.

Jones So there still I could have been another group

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doin' their exercises or doin' their drills...

Cook ...Uh...

Jones ...and not takin' a break with you guys? Is that

correct?

Cook Uh, yes. Yes.

Jones Okay. Okay...so uh, goin', goin' back to the

field, just takin' a water break and you go to the
individual period...

Cook Yes...

Jones ...and is that in full gear?

Cook Yes, it is.

Jones And individual period is, is what...if you may

describe it to me, please.

Cook Uh, the individual period uh, during...this

particular day we did our birddogs...

Jones ...Okay...

Cook ...which is the students uh, get down in the

three-point stance and we blow the whistle
three times and they practice firing off the
football.

Jones Okay. And this is full gear?

Cook Uh, yes, sir.

Jones Okay. And uh, and you were assisted by

Coach Donnelly?
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Cook Yes, sir.

Jones In conducting these drills?

Cook Yes, sir.

Jones Uh, was...what was Max Gilpin's position on

the team?

Cook Uh, Max Gilpin kil...was an offensive tackle.

Jones Okay. And you had observed him during the

drill? Was he in Team #1 or Team #2 or what?

Cook Uh, he would have been in Team uh, he would

have rotated between the JV, which is Team #2,
and Team #3, the freshmen. So he would have
rotated between those two uh, just depending
on who, who was at practice that day.

Jones Okay. Okay...and sometimes they fill in for

other people who are not there? Okay.

Cook ...Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

Jones Okay. Uh, so Max is in #2 or #3 and uh, you're

in to the birddog uh, uh...conditioning, uh,
uh...conditioning or however you describe it...
Uh...

Cook Yes, sir.

Jones And what happens after that?

Cook Uh, after the birddog uh, conditioning, or that

birddog part of the individual period was over
with, we sent these students to a water break...
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Jones As individual or a...

Cook As a, as a, as an individual, as our group.

Jones Okay.

Cook As the offensive linemen.

Jones And that was what time for that break?

Cook Uhm, I would say that that would have been

approximately maybe 4:30, 4:35...

Jones Okay.

Cook Just tryin' to think.

Jones Okay.

Cook Stretching...team take-off...

Jones ...And this would be your second break now.

Cook Yes.

Jones Okay.

Cook Yes.

Jones So the first, the first break was at what time?

Cook the first, the first water break would have been
after team take-off, which would have been at
around 4:30, 'cause we stretch for 15 and...

Jones ...Okay...
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Cook ...then team take-off would have been for 15.

Jones Okay. So 4:30 is the first one...

Cook ...and then...yes, and then 4:45 would have,

approximately 4:45 would have been the
second water break.

Jones Okay. Okay, and what happens after you

return back from this water break?

Cook Uhm, after we return from back from the

birddogs or the water break, we went in to a
second individual period with the running
backs...

Jones Okay.

Cook Uhm, that was our buck drill.

Jones Okay.

Cook Uhm, and it's just a play that we run...

Jones ...Okay...

Cook ...and just uh, it's an assignment...

Jones And that's what the linemen and offensive

backs?

Cook Yes, sir.

Jones Okay. Uh, and what time...what did you do

after that?

Cook Uh, after the buck drill uh, period, we took a

water break...
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Jones As a team or as individuals?

Cook Uhm, as, as...that would have been with the

offensive linemen and the backs.

Jones Okay.

Cook So it's...

Jones And let me get clear. I'm sorry...

Cook ...No, no...go right ahead.

Jones ...Let me interrupt you...

Cook ...Um-hmm...

Jones ...When, when a team is taking water breaks, is

someone there to say, to see how much water
each player is getting? They're on their own.
Right? So...

Cook ...Yes. Yes...

Jones ...and the water area is described as what?

Cook Uh, the water area is...it's...

Jones ...I mean describe what's (inaudible) how...

Cook Uh, there are four uh, PVC pipes...

Jones ...Okay...

Cook ...uhm, it's shaped in the shape of a rectangle...

Jones ...Okay...
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Cook ...with holes drilled in 'em...uh, I would say

that there's pro'bly 12 to 15 holes that are
drilled in to the pipes...

Jones ...Okay...

Cook ...and there's a hose connected to a water

spigot.

Jones Okay.

Cook And when the spigot is turned on, the water

shoots through the PVC pipe. So it's almost
like there's 15 water fountains.

Jones Okay. So when a team...when, when your

group broke as, as to get water, uh, uh...was
anything else taking place at the time? Like a
soccer game?

Cook Yes. There was a, there was a soccer game

getting ready to begin.

Jones Okay. And what, what position, where were

you guys at during the course of your practice?

Cook Uh, we were on our practice field.

Jones I'm, I'm sorry...uh, uh...near the tree...tree or in

the middle or near the park?

Cook Oh, we were uh, at this point uh, during the

birddogs, we would have been uh, under uh,
near the tree on the far side of the practice
field...

Jones ...Okay...
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Cook ...uh, and then during the individual, the buck

drill, we would have been in the uh, in the
middle of the field on the far, on the far side
line.

Jones And when you took that break uh, they would
have been in the middle and...

Cook ...Yes...

Jones ...and they, they were allowed to walk over?

Cook Yes. Yes.

Jones And other...you know, nobody's watchin' over

'em...

Cook ...No...

Jones ...just kinda guidin', tell 'em to go get some

water and come on back...

Cook ...Yeah, just, you get it as, as much as you

want.

Jones Okay.

Cook Uh, you know, make...a lot of the kids were uh,
fillin' up their helmets and...

Jones ...Okay. Does any uh, do you know if uh, who

took the hy...hydrometer reading that day?

Cook Uh, yes. Coach Stinson did.

Jones Okay. And that was prior to practice or during

practice?
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Cook Uh, that was prior to practice and during

practice.

Jones Okay. And where would he have been if, when

he took those, those readings?

Cook Uh, he would have been in the vicinity of the,

the shelter...

Jones ...Okay.

Cook ...uh, the, well, or not the shelter...the uh,

storage shed.

Jones Okay. And who records the reading?

Cook Uh, Coach Stinson does.

Jones Okay. Uh, now when a team got water, uh,

you said the soccer game was gettin' ready to
take place and there were se...there were
several spectators there?...

Cook ...Yes, sir...uh, yes.

Jones How many, would you say, was there?

Cook Uh, I would say maybe approximately 50 to

75.

Jones Okay. So the players had to walk between

them to get to the water?

Cook yes. They, they walked around the perimeter

of the soccer field to get, to go get water...

Jones ...Okay. And the soccer field is right next to

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this practice field.

Cook Yes, it is.

Jones Okay. So the team got water and everyone

came back uh, does anyone ask him is
everyone okay...did anyone get water, one get
enough water? Is that asked of 'em?

Cook Uh, I, I did. I, you know...

Jones ...Okay.

Cook ...I asked my, you know, offensive linemen...

Jones ...Okay. So you said they have water in the

helmets (inaudible) and everything.

Cook ...Yes...

Jones Okay. So you got back to the practice at this

time and then what, what takes place then?

Cook Uh, next would have been a walk-through, just

a brief walk-through period...

Jones ...Okay...

Cook ...uhm, an assignment period uh, where the

students are asked to just walk...we would line
up to run a play and the students would walk to
their assignment.

Jones Okay.

Cook Uh, and then that period lasted maybe ten

minutes and the students were sent for another
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water break before...

Jones ...As a team or as individuals?

Cook Uhm, as individual.

Jones Individual groups.

Cook As individual with the uh, my offensive

linemen. Or our offensive linemen.

Jones And what time do you think that break would

have been?

Cook Uh, that break would have happened around

5:20.

Jones Okay. So that would have been your third

break. Right?

Cook Yes.

Jones Okay. So they return and then what?

Cook And then we were getting ready to start our

team period...

Jones ...Okay...

Cook ...uhm, and then that's when we uh, did not do

our team period and went to our conditioning
period.

Jones And who, whose idea or whose decision was

that?

Cook Uh, that would have been Coach Stinson's.

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Jones And is there any reason behind that?

Cook Uh, practice was becoming lackadaisical...

Jones ...Okay...

Cook ...and uh, so I think he, we just decided to go to

our conditioning period.

Jones Did the team practice the day before on

Tuesday?

Cook Uh, yes, sir, it did.

Jones They did practice the day before?

Cook Yes, sir.

Jones How many days a week do they have practice?

Cook Uh, we practice uh, five days a week.

Jones Okay.

Cook Now that we're in the season, uh, it will be uh,

four days a week.

Jones Okay.

Cook Uh, and...yeah, four days a week.

Jones Okay. So Coach Stinson calls the team uh,

blows the whistle or whatever, and says on
line?

Cook Yes, sir.

Jones And that is considered the conditioning period.

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Cook Yes, sir.

Jones And you stated that the uh, the, the training
was lacodasic...or the players...

Cook ...Yes.

Jones ...was kinda just kinda...

Cook ...Um-hmm...

Jones ...not responding...

Cook ...Yes, sir.

Jones Not doing things properly? And uh, that was

around 5:25 when coach called this?

Cook Yes.

Jones Okay. Is that correct?

Cook Yes.

Jones Okay. And they ran conditioning, and describe

what is conditioning?

Cook Uh, our conditioning are gassers, uh, which the

students start on one side of the field, uh, the,
and they run the width of the field, they run
over and back and over and then back again.

Jones Okay. Now some of these...and that's

considered one gasser. Right?

Cook Yes, sir.

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Jones Now you, you stated some of 'em are with, are
with, you informed me that some of 'em are
not...with, without equipment?

Cook Uh, uh...no, at this point, at this point the

students are in full gear.

Jones Okay.

Cook Uh, the students are in full gear...uhm, and then

they ran eight in full gear and then uh, they ran
two without their helmets, and then they ran
two without helmets or shoulder pads.

Jones Okay. And uh, during the running of gassers,

uh, what was your position at the time the team
was running gassers?

Cook Uh, I was lining the field. I was chalking the

field.

Jones Okay. So you did not participate in it.

Cook Uh, no.

Jones Okay. and who was participating...what

coaches were participating in the running of
gassers for the team?

Cook Uhm, it would have been uh, Coach Stinson...

Jones ...Okay...

Cook ...uh, Coach Donnelly...

Jones ...Okay...

Cook ...uh, Bobby Deacon...Coach Bobby Deacon...

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Jones ...Okay...

Cook ...uh, Coach Steve was in the locker-room and

Coach Hiser had left. And Coach Lightle
was...

Jones ...And...

Cook ...was at uh, was there during the, the period.

Jones Okay.

Cook The conditioning period.

Jones And Lightle, he was on, his position would

have been where, as it relates to those gassers?

Cook Uh, he would have been on the starting line.

He would have been where the students start.

Jones And Coach Donnelly would have been where?

Cook On the opposite line.

Jones Uh, Coach Stinson would have been where?

Cook Was in the middle of the field.

Jones Okay. And now you said Deacon, are we

referring to Bobby or, or Steve?

Cook Bobby. Bobby, coach Bobby.

Jones Bobby Deacon would have been where?

Cook He was, he was on the starting line uhm,

walking in, on the starting line with the
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freshmen, walking out and then walking

back...he was with the freshmen.

Jones Okay. Good. Okay. And how many gassers

do you think the team ran?

Cook Uh, 12.

Jones And when they're running gassers, do they run

'em altogether or is there like different groups
that run 'em?

Cook There's, there are different groups. Uh, the

linemen...the offensive linemen and defensive
linemen run in a group...

Jones ...Okay...

Cook ...and then the running backs and defensive

backs...

Jones ...Okay...

Cook ...run in a group.

Jones And how many minutes do you think the team

ran gassers?

Cook Uh, approximately 25.

Jones Okay. Okay...and at any point, did you see any

players become ill?

Cook Uhm, I noticed one student towards the end uh,

vomit.

Jones And was he a white male player...black male

player...
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Cook Uh, African-American male.

Jones Okay. And you don't know who that player

was?

Cook Uh, no, sir, I do not.

Jones Okay. And was there another player that got ill
or needed some assistance?

Cook Uhm, there was...after, after...uh, not during the

conditioning, no.

Jones Okay.

Cook During the conditioning period, no.

Jones Uh, did a player need an inhaler or anything?

Cook Yes. Uh, after the uh, after the freshmen uh,
Coach Deacon asked me...Coach Bobby
Deacon asked me to get uh, Jacob Heeley his
inhaler. Uh...

Jones ...Okay...

Cook ...which we have on the practice field with us.

Jones Okay. And you stated that you didn't know uh,
if Max, you didn't know when Max Gilpin
became ill?

Cook Uh, no, sir, I do not.

Jones On the...

Cook The only time that I knew that Max uh, had
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gotten ill was when I saw him being loaded in

to the ambulance.

Jones Okay. Uh, let me back up just, just this last

question...

Cook ...Um-hmm...

Jones ...and I'll hand it on to Sgt. Butler. While the

team was running gassers or, or...or
conditioning...let's say...let's go back before the
conditioning. Your uh, you were, you had the
offensive line. Correct?

Cook Yes, sir.

Jones And, and Max was part of your offensive line...

Cook ...Yes, sir...

Jones ...in one form or another, in one of the teams...

Cook Um-hmm.

Jones ..did he exhibit any unusual behavior...any

illnesses or anything?

Cook Uh, no, sir. He did not.

Jones Did he require an excessive amount of water...

Cook ...Uh...

Jones ...did he want water at any time?

Cook Max never asked me for any additional water

besides the breaks that were given...
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Jones ...Okay...

Cook ...uh, to the team.

Jones Okay. And, and Max, as well as the other

players, uh, uh...uh, participated in every drill...

Cook ...Yes, sir...

Jones ...up to the gassers...

Cook ...Yes, sir...

Jones ...and the gassers is, is when some players

became ill...

Cook Yes...

Jones ...and you described at least one player needed

an inhaler and one needed, he vomited.

Cook Yes.

Jones But you didn't personally witness Max

becoming ill.

Cook No, sir, I did not.

Jones Okay. Uh, I don't have anything else. Sgt.

Butler?

Butler I do. Uh, Denny Butler speaking. 1630, you

take a water break...

Cook ...Um-hmm...

Butler 1645 we take a water break...

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Cook ...Um-hmm.

Butler 1710.

Cook Yes.

Butler Did we take a water break then?

Cook Uh, that would have been around...sorry...is

that 5? (Laughs).

Butler Yeah. Oh, I'm sorry.

Cook Sorry about that. (Laughs). Uh, that uh,

around, no, we would have taken a water break
around 5:20, before...I would have sent...after
we did our walk-through period, I would have
sent, I sent the kids to go get a water break
before the start of team period.

Butler And would that be seven on seven?

Cook Uh, that would have been 11 on 11.

Butler Okay.

Cook Uh, the offense against the defense.

Butler Okay. And you and Coach Donnelly are with

the offensive/defensive line.

Cook Uh, yes, sir.

Butler okay. And at 5:20...

Cook ...Yes...we sent, we...

Butler ...that group? Who sent them?

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Cook Uh, I did.

Butler Okay.

Cook I did. I sent...I sent uh, offensive line and

defensive uh, to get a water break...

Butler ...Okay...

Cook ...before uh, before the team period began.

Butler Okay. And Max is offensive tackle...

Cook Yes, sir.

Butler Christian Vincent...

Cook Yes. He is a defensive lineman.

Butler Okay. Deandré Cole.

Cook Defensive lineman.

Butler Okay. Would they have been in the same

group that would have taken the break?

Cook Uh, I believe so, yes. Should have been.

Butler Okay. You start conditioning, you start

chalking the field. Correct?

Cook Yes, sir.

Butler And how, ex...where's the chalk kept?

Cook It's the uhm, the...I get the chalk out of the
shed.
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Butler Okay.

Cook Uh, the...and it's just a walk spray-paint uh,

sprayer and I am chalking the field. I'm lining
the field as the, during the conditioning period.

Butler The outer perimeter or no?

Cook Uh, the outer perimeter and the, the lines.

Butler Okay.

Cook The, the yard markers.

Butler In the conditioning?

Cook Yes.

Butler Who's counting the number of gassers?

Cook Uh, that would be Coach Stinson.

Butler Okay. How, do you personally know that they

ran 12?

Cook Uh, I've got a...uh, yes.

Butler How do, how do you know that?

Cook Uh, I took a, I can't say for sure that they ran
12. Uh, but...

Butler ...Your focus is lining the field.

Cook Uh, my focus is lining the field. Yes, sir.

Butler Okay. Uh, you see a player get sick...

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Cook ...Yes...

Butler ...who, who's with that player?

Cook Uhm, at this point, uh, at this point I see the,

the player get sick and uhm, that is at the end
of, at the end of the conditioning period.

Butler Okay.

Cook When the, when the player got sick. And

then...

Butler But you're still lining...

Cook ...Yes, sir...

Butler ...the field.

Cook Yes, sir.

Butler Was anybody attending to that...

Cook ...I cannot...

Butler ...sick player?

Cook ...I cannot say. I cannot say.

Butler Was Coach Stinson aware that player was sick?

Cook I believe he was. Yes.

Butler Well, why do you think that?

Cook I, I don't know, I would assume that he would,

I don't know.
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Butler Okay. Coach Donnelly aware?

Cook Uh, I couldn't say.

Butler Coach Lightle?

Cook I could not say.

Butler Okay. Uh, in the field you've got the soccer

side of the field...

Cook Yes, sir...

Butler ...and you got the, and that's where they're

starting from.

Cook Yes.

Butler Running the conditioning.

Cook Yes.

Butler Coach Stinson is located where? At the center

of the field?

Cook In the center of the field.

Butler Coach Donnelly is on the...

Cook ...on the opposite side...

Butler ...opposite side...

Cook ...Yes, sir...

Butler ...and Coach Lightle is where?

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Cook Is on the...on the sou...on the starting side.

Butler Do you know which end?

Cook Uh, I wanna say kinda in the middle, but closer

towards...'cause here are the freshmen and then
the varsity, and I think he's between the
freshmen and the varsity.

Butler Okay. You're chalking the field...

Cook Yes.

Butler At some point Coach Bobby Deacon comes to

you and says...

Cook ...Af, this is after, after uh, when I am taking

the chalker back to the shed...he asks me to get
uh, an inhaler for Jacob Heeley.

Butler Okay. Do you know Antonio Calloway?

Cook Uh, yes, I do.

Butler Was he ill at any point?

Cook Uh, I did not see Antonio get ill.

Butler Okay.

Cook Uh...

Butler ...Or was he being attended to by any of the

coaches?

Cook Uh, I can...I did not see it.

Butler Okay. Uh, do you know of any other player

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that was being attended to by any coaches,

like...like Coach Bobby's workin' with Heeley,
the freshman.

Cook Um-hmm.

Butler Were any of the other coaches attending to any

players?

Cook Uhm, I would assume that at this point, once

the conditioning is over with uhm, I would
assume that the coaches have...are with Max. I
was not with Max. I did not see Max go, I did
not see Max collapse, uh, so I do not, I could
not answer that, on what I saw.

Butler That's all the questions I have.

Jones I've just got one quick one. Uh, during the
course of the uh, the conditioning again, uh,
you said they're not timed. Correct?

Cook No.

Jones Uh, and the team has an agenda to follow and,

and...

Cook Yes.

Jones Was this considered a good practice or bad

practice that day?

Cook ...Uh, this...this would have been considered a,

not very good practice.

Jones Okay. And that's the reason why the

conditioning started early.
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Cook Uh, I would assume, yes.

Jones And, and the conditioning was much earlier

than a normal practice?

Cook Uh, yes.

Jones Okay. Okay...uh, I don't have anything else.

Uh, Sgt. Butler, follow-up?

Butler I do not.

Jones Uh, Coach Cook, if there's, if there's anything

we didn't ask you, anything else important that
we didn't cover, anything you wanna add?

Cook Uh, no, sir.

Jones Okay. Uh, Mr. Miller?

Miller No, I have nothing.

Jones Okay. I thank you for your time, Coach Cook.

And we'll go off record. The time now is 9:57.

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