Many have wondered why former special teams coach Tom Quinn was brought back in the spring to help current special teams coach Thomas McGaughey. Well, Thursday we learned that McGaughey — absent much of the time in recent months — has been undergoing cancer treatments.
McGaughey met with reporters on Thursday and said he underwent a procedure during the offseason to remove a growth in his bile duct, during which cancer was discovered in that growth. He has been undergoing chemotherapy treatments for what he said was approximately the past two months.
“It’s going good,” the coach told the media.