ISU defensive ends coach Curtis Bray passes away at 43

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Photo: Huiling Wu/Iowa State Daily

Assistant coach Curtis Bray trains players during football practice Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at the Bergstrom Indoor Practice Facility.

Alex Halsted

Curtis Bray had a smile everyone talked about. 

“He always had a particular smile about him that you could always look back and remember that smile,” said former ISU defensive end Rashawn Parker. “He always had that smile to light up the room.”

Bray passed away Wednesday morning. He was 43 with a wife and two children. 

Rob Bowers of Iowa State’s Department of Public Safety told the Daily an emergency call came to Ames Police at 6:27 a.m. Wednesday. He said Bray was taken to Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames at 6:45 a.m.

Bray joined ISU coach Paul Rhoads’ staff in 2009 and had coached the defensive ends for the past five seasons.

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