LATROBE, Pa. -- The family of Steelers wide receivers coach Darryl Drake, who died suddenly Sunday morning at the team's training camp at Saint Vincent College, responded Monday to the outpouring of well wishers in a statement released by the team.
Drake, 62, had been with the Steelers after replacing longtime receivers coach Richard Mann at the end of the 2017 season following Mann's retirement.
He had been a coach for 37 years, first at the college level, then with the Bears, Cardinals and finally the Steelers.
After learning of his death Sunday morning, the Steelers cancelled their practices yesterday and today to allow the players, coaches and family members to come to grips with the situation.