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MU coach Haley draws strength from son with autism

COLUMBIA, MO. • When Brick Haley left Austin, Texas, for his next football coaching job, there was one part of the moving process he couldn’t forget. Before packing boxes to head for Missouri, Haley snapped at least 20 photos of his teenage son’s bedroom.

A career in coaching means change, and when Haley became Mizzou’s defensive line coach after the 2016 season it was his 13th coaching job since he graduated from college in 1989.

Anyone who follows Haley on Twitter knows he’s vigilant when it comes to sharing articles and events that promote autism awareness.

Proceeds will go toward Autism Speaks, an organization that supports autism research and raises awareness for the developmental disability that’s identified in one in 59 children in the U.