Two assistant coaches apparently wrestling with each other fell through a window Tuesday morning at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and fell four stories to a concrete sidewalk, leaving one in serious condition.

The incident occurred at the site of the American Football Coaches Association’s annual convention, and hotel security had been called around 4:10 a.m. with a noise complaint when officers found a broken window and Scott Coy and Darren DeMeio outside on the ground below.

“They wrestled each other too close to the window going through it and down to the ground floor,” Nashville police spokeswoman Kris Mumford said. “That’s four floors.”

Coy, 29, is 6-foot-2 and 300 pounds from Newcastle, Pa. He was in critical condition and having surgery Tuesday afternoon at Vanderbilt University. DeMeio, 24, is 6-4, 225 pounds and from Clinton, Ohio. Police said he was in fair condition but remained in the hospital as of Tuesday afternoon.

Coy is co-offensive coordinator at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa., and DeMeio is the running backs coach, according to the college’s Web site. A telephone message left with the sports information office was not immediately returned Tuesday afternoon. Advertisement

Hotel spokeswoman Kim Keelor said the window the men fell through was double-paned with a strong wooden sash in the middle.

“It’s very sad. I definitely want to express our sympathy to their families. It’s just a very strange and unfortunate occurrence,” she said.

Submitted on 01/13/2009

Submitted by: Peter Harrington
Reference: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090113/SPORTS0604/90113020/1002/SPORTS January 13th, 2009

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
While falling from heights (off roofs, balconies, etc) is way too common I think this is a step above those stories since it involved two grown men and a double-paned window with a strong wooden sash. Thanks, Peter!

James said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
I'm rather surprised that one of them is actually in "fair" condition (as opposed to serious or dead). My guess is that he bounced off his head when he hit the ground! Thanks, Peter!

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