Chuck Pagano has only been the defensive coordinator of the Bears for four months, but the team has already accepted him into their family with open arms.
A group including chairman George McCaskey, general manager Ryan Pace and head coach Matt Nagy traveled down to Indianapolis, Indiana to support Pagano for the seventh annual Chuckstrong Tailgate Gala on Thursday night. The event, which takes place at the Colts’ practice facility, raises money every year to help fund cancer research.
Pagano knows the effects of cancer far too well, having been diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia—the existence of too many blood-forming cells in a person’s bone marrow or bloodstream—in 2012.