Uplifting Stories Archive

Colgate Coach Casey Vogt: Fighting Through the Pain

Post date: Monday, Mar 21, 2011

It started with a backache. Colgate offensive line coach Casey Vogt chalked it up to long car rides as he recruited the newest class of Raider football players. He eventually consulted a team doctor who ordered x-rays and a MRI. Turns out, the culprit had nothing to do with recruiting, car rides or coaching in general. Vogt had a tumor on his spinal cord.

“I was shocked,” Vogt said.

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Dana Bible: Coaching Life's Lessons

Post date: Sunday, Mar 20, 2011

The date was November 20, 2009. North Carolina State Offensive Coordinator Dana Bible even recalls the time -- 5:35 PM. He was told he had Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia or cancer of the blood.

“I was certain they were wrong,” Coach Bible said. “That night, as the team was headed to play Virginia Tech, I was going to the hospital.”

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Deloris Brobeck: A Champion Worker

Post date: Sunday, Mar 20, 2011

Her involvement in the rare disease cause started back in 2002, yet for Deloris Brobeck, she had no idea what she was getting into. Three football student-athletes at Penn State asked to her to be the advisor of the Uplifting Athletes chapter on campus.

“I was told I didn’t have to do much,” Brobeck says. “I was glad to help.”

For Deloris, she might not have had to do much, but...

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Derrick Coleman: A Silent Champion

Post date: Sunday, Mar 20, 2011

Derrick Coleman’s mom was concerned when his speech wasn’t progressing. She was right to be concerned since it was determined that Derrick was almost completely deaf. A missing gene was to blame. As a result, Derrick was fitted for hearing aids.

“I was a shy kid,” Derrick explains. “I wasn’t very outgoing.”

Derrick started to dabble in sports, but was met with skepticism by some...

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Jerry Kill: Ensuring the Care of Others

Post date: Sunday, Mar 20, 2011

In 2005, Jerry Kill was coaching at Southern Illinois when he collapsed on the sideline. He chalked it up to the seizures he had been experiencing and prepared for the next game as he always did. To his surprise the doctor asked to speak with him in person to review the test results after the collapse. Since Coach Kill was deep in game preparation mode, he requested the doctor just tell him...

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