The death of the football player from Texas is under investigation, but his parents say Northwestern State’s football coach could’ve taken action to protect him.
The Austin family has hired a Houston-based law firm and plan to take legal action against the Louisiana college, its football coach and others. Caldwell's parents believe they dropped the ball in protecting their son who was on a full scholarship.
“I called the coach, I text him, ‘Please move my son, somebody pulled a gun on him,’” Ronald Caldwell Sr. said. Three days later, he got the call every parent dreads. As the school continues to grieve, the coach resigned, saying in a statement that Ronald Jr.’s death “was like losing a son.” The rest of the team’s football season was canceled, with the school saying “mental health and wellbeing of its student-athletes as the primary reason for its decision.”“That’s what our dream is when we send our kids to college. Send our child back better, grow them bigger and better than what we sent to you, not the way they sent my kid back home,” Caldwell Sr. said.
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