John Peacock, an offensive line coach at Western Carolina, died on Wednesday due to complications from the coronavirus, the school announced. Peacock’s fiancee, Erika Alexander, wrote on Facebook that the coach died only five days after testing positive for COVID-19, the Asheville Citizen Times reported . Western Carolina head coach Kerwin Bell hired Peacock earlier this offseason as the team’s offensive line coach. Thinking of all the loved ones and everyone else impacted by Coach Peacock," Moore wrote on Twitter. Peacock was the offensive line coach at Tusculum University last season.

Source: Fox News August 22, 2021 02:15 UTC