BEAUMONT, TX. (THECOUNT) — Rico Keeling, a beloved Southeast Texas soccer coach, died suddenly of unknown causes on Sunday, friends announced Monday.
Keeling, 29, a soccer coach who trained numerous youth soccer teams and countless children in private lessons in Southeast Texas, was found unresponsive at his home late Sunday night, friends say.
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He leaves behind his wife and newborn daughter, reports 12NewsNow.
Keeling graduated from Nederland High School in 2007, and he ran the GAP soccer training program.
There will be a vigil and balloon release tonight for Keeling in Beaumont at the soccer fields at 6 p.m. Monday, April 8.
Geo quick facts: Beaumont is a city in southeastern Texas. It’s known for the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, a recreated town showing life in the early 1900s, at the start of the Texas oil boom. Downtown, the early-20th-century McFaddin-Ward House, now a museum, reflects the wealth of the family who lived there. The Art Museum of Southeast Texas and the Dishman Art Museum showcase regional and national contemporary art – wikipedia.