Case McCoy

Case McCoy

Like plenty of boys from Texas, Case dreamed of playing big-time college football one day. Unfortunately Case wasn’t like most other boys. That didn’t stop Case from dreaming. At the age of four, Case was diagnosed with a form of the rare disease scleroderma. The type...
Chuck Priore

Chuck Priore

Chuck, Stony Brook’s veteran head coach of more than a decade, was more than willing to make a difference in the life of a rare disease patient when a former college football teammate asked him for a favor that didn’t require anything more than saying yes. Chuck’s...
Jimbo Fisher

Jimbo Fisher

As the head football coach at first Florida State and then Texas A&M, Jimbo is all about winning and finding ways to overcome obstacles to win. Ever since his youngest son, Ethan, was diagnosed with the rare blood disorder Fanconi anemia in 2011, what it means to...
Trevor Reilly

Trevor Reilly

During the offseason between his junior and senior year at the University of Utah, the versatile linebacker/defensive end saw his world turned upside down when Trevor and his wife Jessica found out their 11-month old daughter, Shayn, was diagnosed with kidney cancer....
Dan O’Brien

Dan O’Brien

Dan was the Director of Football Operations in 2010 when the University of Minnesota hired Jerry Kill as the head coach. O’Brien and coach Kill formed a close relationship over the next few years. As the Golden Gophers prepared for the 2013 Texas Bowl, the team...