Beloved Beaumont TX Soccer Coach Rico Keeling Dies Suddenly On Sunday At 29

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.

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.