Even while receiving chemotherapy, Case Western baseball coach Matt Englander can't stop running

Case Western Reserve University baseball coach Matt Englander has run nine marathons since he underwent brain surgery in 2011.CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Matt Englander has completed nine marathons, each one in a different state.

He has coached Case Western Reserve's baseball team to a 197-105 record over the last seven seasons.

Perhaps most impressive, though, is that he can spell "oligodendroglioma" without assistance from Merriam or Webster.

Life would be simpler if he never had to learn how to construct that cumbersome word, but Englander doesn't make excuses. After he was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor in September 2011, he transformed some habits and established a goal: run 50 marathons,…