Kelly Kruppi has spent decades helping others — his family, his students and the children he coached.
“My dad has always been my biggest advocate, my biggest cheerleader,” his daughter Hanna said.
“The epitome of a role model of a man, of a dad, of a husband.”
Now, after a fluke accident and related complications have left him in perilous condition, the man known by many as Coach Kruppi is getting support from the many people he has influenced.
Kelly, 46, was playing basketball last month when he tripped and slammed headfirst into a wall. He was left paralyzed from the neck down. Then, after a surgery, he had a stroke and has been unresponsive ever since.
A teacher in Balgonie, Sask., Kelly has been teaching and coaching for…