Staley’s journey: Chargers coach’s cancer battle defined him

By JOE REEDY
AP Sports Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chargers coach Brandon Staley will get national attention Monday night when Los Angeles hosts the unbeaten Las Vegas Raiders. Most of the narrative will focus on the first-year coach’s rise from being a Division III defensive coordinator to an NFL head job in five years, and how he has the Chargers off to their first 2-1 start in nine years. But as the NFL begins its “Crucial Catch” initiative, the 38-year old Staley would also like everyone to know about his most important victory — being a cancer survivor after he was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma 14 years ago.