Dowling Catholic Freshman Coach Survives Heart Attack on Team Bus
A Dowling Catholic freshman football coach survived a major heart attack on the team bus as it arrived in Waterloo, Iowa. Assistant athletic trainer Blake Willey performed CPR until paramedics arrived.
Cedar Rapids Waterloo Iowa City & Dubuque, IA, October 15, 2026 —
A Dowling Catholic freshman football coach survived a major heart attack aboard the team bus as it arrived in Waterloo, Iowa, after assistant athletic trainer Blake Willey performed CPR until paramedics arrived.
The reported sequence places Willey’s actions before the arrival of paramedics. The summary credits the assistant athletic trainer’s quick response with helping the coach survive, but it does not provide further details about the emergency response or the coach’s condition afterward.
The coach’s name, the date of the incident and the circumstances surrounding the trip were not provided. The available information also does not identify a hospital or describe any treatment after paramedics arrived. No further details were given about the coach’s recovery.
The incident involved Dowling Catholic’s freshman football program and occurred as the team bus arrived in Waterloo. The account identifies Willey as an assistant athletic trainer and says he performed CPR until paramedics arrived. It does not specify how long CPR was performed, whether anyone else assisted, or what happened after the emergency responders reached the bus.
Those details remain unreported in the information available. The account establishes that the coach survived and describes the immediate actions taken before paramedics arrived, but it does not provide additional information about the coach’s identity, subsequent care or recovery.
Story summarized from the original created by KCCI on www.kcrg.com, see more information here.
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