‘The U’ Stands With Chuck Pagano

Thoughts, prayers, good vibes and everything of the sort goes out to Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano, who was recently diagnosed with Acute promyelocyic leukemia (APML), and will be sidelined for a period of time.

Pagano, who turns fifty-two this week, was diagnosed with the illness days ago during a bye week.

Pagano’s physician, Dr. Larry Cripe, indicated his condition is a relatively favorable form of acute leukemia in terms of a likelihood of remission and of him achieving a cure. There are specific treatments for the disease, and those procedures started on Pagano last Wednesday night.

Pagano, who served as a graduate assistant at Miami during the 1986 season, returned to the Hurricanes’ football program for a five-year run as the seconday coach and special teams coordinator. In his second coaching term with the Hurricanes (1995-2000), Pagano coached four NFL first-round draftees: Duane Starks (1998), Phillip Buchanon (2002), Ed Reed (2002) and Mike Rumph (2002).

He was reunited with Reed during his stint as secondary coach of the Baltimore Ravens from 2008-2010. In the team’s first season with Pagano as an assistant coach, Baltimore led the NFL with 26 interceptions, including Reed’s league-best nine picks. Pagano also served as a graduate assistant at Miami for the 1986 season.

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