EAST COBB - A man who collapsed Thursday morning while walking on Lassiter High School's track was revived by the school's football coaches and a Cobb Sheriff's Office deputy before he was taken to a local hospital.

School officials said the unidentified man's condition was listed as stable Thursday afternoon.

That's thanks to the quick action and treatment he received at Lassiter.

"It's definitely been an interesting morning, to say the least," said Lassiter head football Coach Chip Lindsey.

He and assistant coaches David Arvin, Jim Brown and Cobb Sheriff Deputy Richard Edwards responded to the man after he collapsed before school at about 6:50 a.m. Another person on the track also came to his aid. The coaches administered CPR before Edwards used an automated external defibrillator to shock and revive him. An ambulance then rushed the man, said to be about 50 years old, to the hospital.

"I've performed CPR before, but that is the first time I've used an AED," said Edwards, Lassiter's school resource officer.

He admitted to being a little nervous at the time.

"You're about to do what everyone sees on TV," he said.

School staff said it's normal for nearby residents to use the track before school starts. Brown, who runs on it regularly, remembered seeing the man Thursday morning.

"I kind of noticed he was walking a little slow, but I didn't think anything of it because we see people out there all the time walking around," Brown said. "I went in to take a shower."

According to the coaches, a woman first responded to the man. She called 911 and began CPR. A football player noticed what happened and alerted the coaches, who were helping players work out and were reviewing game film.

Arvin was the first coach to respond and took over doing CPR. Then Lindsey and Brown followed. The men took turns administering CPR until Edwards retrieved one of the school's AEDs in a field house by the track.

Thankfully, the AED had recently been moved to the field house.

"Within the last week, we just removed the AED from our Trojan House - which we didn't have (enough) keys to get into it - into the field house," Arvin said.

After a shock was given to the man, he remained unresponsive. About two minutes later, Deputy Edwards said he began to feel a faint pulse. EMS arrived and continued CPR. The incident lasted about 10 minutes.

"The machine actually evaluates the patient and advises to shock or not," Edwards said. "Before he left, he had a pulse and was breathing on his own."

Brown, a military veteran, said he was simply hoping for the best.

"I didn't want him to die on us," he said. "I was trying to do everything I could to keep him alive. I know he couldn't hear me, but I was trying to encourage him."

Coaches and teachers involved in afternoon activities get regular CPR training.

Lassiter Principal Chris Shaw, who was on his way to school at the time, said he was proud of the critical work his staff did.

"Everything they were trained to do, they did," he said. "The good news is that (the victim) was breathing when he left."