On April 25, "Be the Match" organizers from Philadelphia visited the Springfield College campus to create awareness for this very worthy program. A dozen players and coaches from the Springfield College football team gathered in the Springfield College Field House where they were able to attract almost 200 students to actively participate in this registry.
The students allowed themselves to be tested. The preliminary work could determine whether one of these students could provide a bone marrow "match" that could potentially save a cancer victim's life.
"We were very pleased with the turnout," said Travis Parisi, who was one of the SC coaches present for the initiative. "If just one of our students can be a match, this whole process will be more than worth it."
Michael C. “Mike” DeLong ’74 enters his 32nd season as a head football coach in the fall of 2013. He enters his 30th year at Springfield College alone. For the past 28 years, he has been the head coach at Springfield, his alma mater. Mike had also been the head coach at Maine Maritime in Castine, Maine in 1979 and 1980. Read more.
