Longtime Conner High School football coach David Trosper died on Saturday, he was 55.
Trosper, the longest tenured football coach in Northern Kentucky, passed away from a heart attack, multiple people close to Trosper have informed LINK nky.
Trosper took over Conner’s football program in 2007
He’s a 1988 Boone County graduate, playing football for the Rebels as a three-year letterman and served as the team captain his senior year where he was chosen as a member of the All-state team. Boone County made the state championship games in 1986 and ’87 under Owen Hauck.
Trosper then went to Union College where he played football and was selected two times as All-Conference in the Mid-South. He was the captain for two years and voted as the Most Valuable Player by his peers two times. He has his name in the record book at Union for the most tackles in a single game with 19.
Trosper has been a coach for over 30 years, starting at Union College and Morehead State before getting into the school scene starting with Holmes and then on to Conner. He taught business at the high school.
He was inducted into the Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.
A visitation will be held between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. with a Celebration of Life to be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 13th at Conner High School’s Fred Nevel Football Stadium, weather permitting. Everyone is encouraged to wear their Conner Cougar’s gear (red, white, and blue)! A private committal service will be held after David’s service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Trosper family to help cover funeral costs and other expenses related to David’s unexpected passing by going to tmcfunding.com or by visiting David’s obituary page on www.chambersandgrubbs.com and clicking the link there.Â