Legendary Iowa high school football coach Ed Thomas, legendary high school football coach from Aplington-Parkersburg High in Iowa, was shot and killed inside the weight room early Wednesday morning around 8:00am local time.

24-year old Mark Becker has been identified by police as the gunman.  Becker is a former student and football player at Aplington under Thomas.

Thomas was shot multiple times just before 8 a.m. local time, authorities said. About 50 students were in the school, including several in the weight room, at the time. School was not in session, and no one else was injured in the attack.

Becker had been arrested over the weekend and placed for a short time in a mental ward after leading cops in a wild car chase on Saturday night.

Coach Thomas had sent several players to the NFL and was named the 2005 NFL High School Coach of the Year. He had a career winning record of 292-84 in his 37 year career as a high school coach.