Coach determined to revive Penn State hoops
Philadelphia Inquirer | 07/21/2005 | Scrappy Valley:
“As a cancer survivor, Ed DeChellis wears the yellow ‘Live Strong’ band of the Lance Armstrong Foundation on his right wrist. Encircling his left wrist is a blue band, imprinted with Family, a word he hopes will be at the heart of a new Penn State basketball era.
“While no one, least of all the Nittany Lions’ third-year coach, would attempt to equate the seriousness of those two disparate causes, his colorful wristbands represent similar virtues to DeChellis – faith, dedication to a struggle, and an abiding hope that the darkest days are behind him.
“The bladder cancer the 46-year-old Western Pennsylvania native was diagnosed with a year ago is now under control. The ongoing basketball problems at this football-rich school, however, are not, and they reflect an ailment that, in its own way, is just as stubborn and deep-rooted. …”