ASU football coach talks cancer battle during previous season

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – Alabama State College soccer defensive coordinator Ryan Lewis Sr. has rather a lot to be glad about through the 2024 season, because it’s his first one being cancer-free.

Lewis was recognized with jaw most cancers forward of the 2023 soccer season.

“I believed it was a joke,” Lewis stated. “I believed possibly it was a misdiagnosis.”

The soccer coach leaned into his religion and continued teaching the Hornets’ protection regardless of medical doctors telling him that he would miss the primary sport in opposition to Southern College.

“I used my expertise that I discovered in soccer, which is sudden change,” stated Lewis. “You possibly can’t enable issues that occur unhealthy to have an effect on the subsequent day.”

Lewis’ prayers had been answered. He returned to Alabama State prepared to educate forward of the season, saying the assist from household, mates and the college saved him going.

The defensive coordinator described his victory over most cancers as like getting a “second life.”

Lewis makes use of his most cancers journey as a option to encourage his gamers to maintain displaying up.

“Life is so treasured. Whenever you get to a degree the place you’re coping with life and loss of life, man, soccer is simply the icing on the cake,” he stated.

Lewis needed to have reconstructive surgical procedure on his jaw following his most cancers battle.

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