Cornell High School head football coach Ed Dawson has died after suffering a medical emergency during a game, leaving the local community ‘heartbroken, crushed and in shock.’Dawson was hired as head coach at the school in Coraopolis, about 16 miles west of Pittsburgh, in 2011 and became an ‘integral part’ of the school.He told an assistant coach he was feeling unwell during the second quarter of Friday’s game at Rochester and was advised to sit down on the bench.Athletic director Bill Sacco told Trib Live he ended up lying down on the team’s bench and ‘next thing you know, he wasn’t moving.’Medical personnel administered CPR to Dawson for several minutes before transporting him to the hospital as the game was called off with Cornell leading 16-6.Cornell School District Superintendent Aaron Thomas said in a statement that Dawson was later pronounced dead after a medical emergency. Ed Dawson has tragically died after suffering a medical emergency on the sidelines at a game Dawson became head football coach at Cornell High School near Pittsburgh back in 2011’This is an extremely difficult situation,’ Thomas said in a statement. ‘To say Coach Dawson was an integral part of Cornell School District would be an understatement. ‘It is hard to put into words what Coach Dawson means to Cornell and we are all heartbroken, crushed and in shock.’ ‘Right now our thoughts and prayers are with Coach Dawson and his family. We have difficult days ahead and we will lean on each other to get through them the best we can. We love you Coach Dawson.’Cornell entered Friday night’s game 3-5 overall and clinging onto hopes of making the playoffs with a 1-4 record in the Big 7 Conference.Sacco revealed the school will consult ‘everyone, including Coach Dawson’s wife, to see if she feels we should go on.’ ‘There will be discussions with a large group of people deciding what the next step will be,’ Sacco said. ‘It will be a hard one no matter what step we take.’Cornell will grieve for a long time. We lost a great guy. I am not sure how we will get back to where we need to be. I guess we’ll see what happens.’Nearby Rochester Area School District superintendent Joseph Guarino said it ‘sends our deepest condolences and prayers to the entire Cornell community and the family of Coach Dawson. The Cornell community and their football family have difficult days ahead and we will be there to support them in all that they need.’Fort Cherry High School’s football team said in a Facebook post that Dawson ‘exemplified every quality needed in a high school head coach and spent countless years preparing young men for life.’