Andrew Football Record Pales To What O'Neill Went Through

Andrew football coach Mike O'Neill had a bad year in 1994.

His team went 3-6, the worst record of his 17-year career. Hethought he was going to receive a big pay raise - but he didn't.

Oh, by the way, he beat cancer . . . but almost died ofpneumonia.

So as he prepares for another football season, O'Neill countshis blessings and reminds that 3-6 doesn't count at all after you'vebeen through six months of chemotherapy.

"This is a special season," said O'Neill, 46. "Just being ableto coach when there was a doubt I would be alive makes me realize howmuch it means to me. I don't want to have another year like 1994."

Last October, after a game …