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Report finds strength coach lacks proper certification, led June practice when student died

Kent State strength coach, who oversaw the practice in which freshman lineman Tyler Heintz died, lacks proper certification, according to a report by CBS Sports.

Ross Bowsher, who is in his second year with Kent State, previously worked at Arkansas Tech University and Purdue University.

NCAA bylaw 11.5 states a strength coach "must maintain current certification through a nationally accredited strength and conditioning certification program.”

CBS Sports reported that it filed a Freedom of Information Act request for copies of Bowsher’s certification, and were told by a Kent State spokesman that “there were no responsive records” of those certifications.