Shane Tamura’s former high-school football coach said Tuesday he doesn’t recall the killer suffering more than an ankle injury on the field — and an ex-teammate insisted injuries were uncommon in their league.
Tamura, 27, had claimed in notes left behind after his bloody Midtown rampage Monday that he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain condition better known as CTE and associated with athletes such as football players.
But his former California coach told The Post he doesn’t believe his ex-gridiron star ever suffered a head injury — at least during his senior year when he oversaw him.
“I only remember an ankle,” said ex-Granada Hills Charter School football coach Walter Roby.
“I remember it might have kept him out of one game, but something of that nature. I can’t remember if it was left or right.”
Roby said he coached Tamura his senior year after the player transferred from Golden Valley High School and doesn’t believe he went on to play college football.
“I can never recall being engaged regarding Shane for college,” he said.
Tamura appeared on the Granada Hills Charter football roster for the 2015-2016, according to an old Max Preps page. He was listed as 5-foot-7 and weighing about 170 pounds.
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Tamura shot and killed four people, including an NYPD cop, when he stormed 345 Park Ave. in Manhattan, which houses the NFL headquarters.
The depraved gunman blamed the pro football league for his alleged issues with CTE —and pleaded for his brain to be studied — in notes left behind after he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, law enforcement sources said.
A former Granada Hills Charter teammate who played with him also said he didn’t remember Tamura suffering a head injury while he starred as a running back at Granada Hills.
“I think relatively Tamura was healthy,” said the 28-year-old, who did not want to be identified, to The Post. “I don’t remember any injuries.”
The teammate emphasized football in their league wasn’t as intense as other parts of California and that Granada Hills is more focused on academics rather than athletics.
“It was the Valley. There was not much competition here in the Valley,” he said, adding it was “not rough at all. Injuries were far in between.”
While the competition wasn’t cut throat, Tamura stood out and impressed on the field.
“He was a running back and I think he fit perfectly in the team. He never felt much pressure, I know the coaches expected a lot because he was known to be a really good player and the moment that he was in he ran the ball really good,” the teammate recalled.
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