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Former BYU Cougars, Kennesaw State Owls, Dalton State Roadrunners coach Tony Ingle dies from COVID-19

ATLANTA -- Tony Ingle, who failed to win a game in his tenure as BYU's interim basketball coach but went on to capture lower-division national championships at two Georgia colleges, has died at the age of 68.

His son, Izzy, announced on Twitter that Ingle died Monday night of complications from COVID-19.

"It's with a shattered heart I post this," said Izzy Ingle, the head basketball coach at Timpanogos High School in Orem, Utah. "I'm so blessed to have had such an amazing father & example throughout my life!! I love you dad!! I already miss you!