Edward Arthur Thomas [1] (July 17, 1950 – June 24, 2009) was an American high school football coach. On June 24, 2009, Thomas was shot and killed in his Parkersburg, Iowa football team's weight room by Mark Becker, one of Thomas' former players. [2] Thomas was airlifted to a Waterloo, Iowa hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after ...

Mar 28, 2016 · It's wisdom this mother of three acquired in the hardest way imaginable: On a June morning in 2009, her 24-year-old son, Mark, walked into the Aplington-Parkersburg High...

Jun 20, 2019 · Ed Thomas was murdered on June 24, 2009, by Mark Becker, a former football player of his who was later diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Thomas was 58 years old.

Jun 24, 2009 · Ed Thomas, 58, was in the Aplington-Parkersburg High School weight room at approximately 7:45 a.m. when 24-year-old Mark Becker allegedly came in and began firing a handgun, according to the Iowa Department of Public Safety.

Jun 24, 2024 · Longtime Aplington-Parkersburg head football coach Ed Thomas was shot and killed by a former player, Mark Becker, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.

Jun 24, 2019 · 10 years ago, a man who once played for Coach Ed Thomas at Aplington Parkersburg High School, walked into a makeshift weight room with a gun, and murdered his former mentor. Coach Thomas' death...

Apr 14, 2010 · ALLISON, Iowa (CBS/AP) After several emotional statements by Ed Thomas' family, an Iowa judge sentenced convicted killer Mark Becker to life in prison for the June, 2009 shooting death...

Jun 22, 2019 · Ed Thomas was murdered on June 24, 2009, by Mark Becker, a former football player of his who was later diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Thomas was 58 years old. Becker was sentenced to...

Jun 24, 2014 · Nearly five years after being jailed for gunning down Aplington-Parkersburg football coach Ed Thomas, Mark Becker has started to understand his actions and accept responsibility.

Sep 23, 2024 · In the new podcast "Sacred Acre," which launched on Thursday,Tom Rinaldi uncovers the profound story of Ed Thomas, a legendary high school football coach who was murdered by a...