DJ Dowdy

[Lobot]

Nice profile of the current AD at Purcell Marian . Yes, you read that right.

https://www.wcpo.com/sports/high-school-sports/at-23-dj-dowdy-of-purcell-marian-may-be-youngest-athletic-director-in-ohio

[GoBearcats31]

https://www.wcpo.com/sports/high-school-sports/purcell-marian-high-schools-d-j-dowdy-steps-down-as-football-coach-will-remain-ad

Purcell Marian High School head football coach D.J. Dowdy said Wednesday morning he is stepping down from the position but will remain the school's athletic director.

Dowdy has coached the Cavaliers' football team for the past three seasons, leading Purcell Marian to back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 1999 and 2000.

[GoBearcats31]

Interim AD at Taft High School

[Lobot]

Scott Springer confirming reports that DJ has died. I’m shocked. Waiting for details…..

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/university-of-cincinnati/2024/02/03/former-cincinnati-bearcat-taft-athletic-director-dj-dowdy-dead-at-29/72463954007/

[bearcatbret]

29 years old. What a shame. Just a copy of the cincinnati.com story. UC Bearcats community mourns death of DJ Dowdy (msn.com)

[Oldtimer_UC_fan]

That is so sad. You have to wonder sometimes. Speaking as a former Cavalier, I offer my sympathy to his family.

[bearcatjd]

RIP & a big loss for the Bearcat community.

[Lobot]

I have deleted the link to to DJ's cause of death. I can not corroborate that info anywhere and it seems unlikely that an Indian tabloid would have the information before anyone local.

Be careful if you go out on google looking for info on DJ. A lot of the obituary sites I crawled that claim to have info on his obit are phishing sites. The site that posted his cause of death seems legit but the article struck me as possibly AI generated.

If the story turns out to be correct, I'll put the link back up.

[D.A.H.]

not just in this case, but we all need to be respectful to the family. their wellbeing is far more important.