Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher has quickly risen to the top of his profession, but his ascent almost never happened, as he considered retiring in 2011.
According to Tom D'Angelo of the Palm Beach Post, the 50-year-old coach revealed in March he gave thought to stepping away after just one year at the FSU helm due to his son, Ethan, getting diagnosed with Fanconi anemia:
Yeah, it did cross my mind, without a doubt. I didn't know what (Ethan's condition) required, what it meant. 'Should I coach? Should I not coach?