The pilot of the helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant, Gianna Bryant and six other passengers also died in the crash and was identified as Ara Zobayan, a licensed commercial pilot since 2007, according to records from the Federal Aviation Administration. “They called her the mother of defense - MOD,” he said. Mauser said his wife had a particular knack for the defensive end of basketball. Bryant noticed that Christina had “an amazing mind” for basketball and brought her on to his coaching team.
The couple worked as teachers at the private school Bryant’s daughters attended, Mauser said, and both served as the basketball and assistant basketball coach.
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“She knew how to figure you out,” he said. Mauser said Bryant personally chose Christina as a coach “because she was amazing,” and described her as incredibly witty, funny, warm and bright. I got three small kids, and just trying to figure how to navigate life with three kids and no mom,” Christina’s husband, Matt Mauser, told NBC’S TODAY show on Monday. The assistant coach at Bryant’s Mamba Academy basketball team, Christina Mauser, 38, was also killed in the helicopter crash. “Their impact was just as meaningful, their loss will be just as keenly felt, and our hearts are just as broken.” Christina Mauser “While the world mourns the loss of a dynamic athlete and humanitarian, I mourn the loss of two people just as important,” he wrote.
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Schmidt described the Chesters as “engaged, supportive, encouraging, and full of mischief.” Payton previously attended Harbor View Elementary School, according to a remembrance posted on Facebook by her former principal, Todd Schmidt. The mother and daughter are survived by husband and father, Chris, and sons and brothers Hayden and Riley, according to the Register. “We were always trying to be there for each other and we were really close.” George described Payton as “the gentlest person you would ever meet.” His younger sister Sarah was “the one that everybody counted on,” he said. Payton played on the Mamba basketball team with Gianna and Alyssa, her uncle and Sarah’s brother, Andy George, told The Orange County Register. The mother and daughter lived in Orange County. Sarah Chester, 45, and her daughter, Payton, 13, were also aboard the helicopter when it crashed, family members said. The family is survived by John and Keri’s son, J.J., and daughter, Lexi. I don’t have the words.”Īltobelli’s 13-year-old daughter, Alyssa, was a basketball teammate of Gianna Bryant’s, and was on the helicopter with her parents when it crashed. If you worked for him, you were part of his family. If you coached for him, he treated you like a brother. “If your son played for him, he treated him like a son. “Alto was one of the best men I’ve ever met,” associate head coach Nate Johnson told a large group that gathered at the school’s baseball field on Sunday. Altobelli led the baseball team to more than 700 wins across his 27 years with the team. Kehler called Altobelli a “tremendous coach and even better friend,” adding that he was an “amazing mentor” to the students and athletes he trained and taught. OCC athletics director Jason Kehler said Altobelli, 56, was about to start his 28th season as the coach of the school’s baseball team.
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