sickle-cell trait

The parents of Bucknell University football player Calvin Dickey Jr., who died during a 2024 training camp, expressed appreciation for criminal charges filed against the strength and conditioning coach, Mark Kulbis. Dickey had sickle-cell trait, which increased his risk during intense exertion, and prosecutors charged Kulbis with felony aggravated hazing and other offenses.

Calvin Dickey Jr., a Bucknell University football player with sickle-cell trait, died during 2024 training camp after intense exercises led by coach Mark Kulbis. Parents expressed appreciation for criminal charges against Kulbis, who faces felony and misdemeanor counts. The NCAA requires screening for sickle-cell trait in athletes, but Dickey's condition was only discovered via mandatory testing before camp.

A former strength and conditioning coach at Bucknell University was charged in the death of a freshman football player who collapsed during training. The player had sickle-cell trait, and the exercises contributed to his death. The coach, who was alone during the training, faces felony hazing and involuntary manslaughter charges.

A former Bucknell University strength and conditioning coach, Mark Kulbis, was charged in the death of freshman football player Calvin Dickey Jr., who collapsed during a training session. Dickey, who had sickle-cell trait, died two days after the session, which included 100 up-downs and plank drills. The attorney general's office attributed his death to the exercises, his medical condition, and exertional rhabdomyolysis.