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Ohio State football: Former quarterbacks coach dies after battle with cancer
By Tim May
The Columbus Dispatch Sunday December 4, 2011
Former Ohio State quarterbacks coach Joe Daniels passed away about 4 a.m. today after a long bout with cancer, The Dispatch learned. He was 69.
The object of profound thanks from a tearful Troy Smith during the OSU quarterback?s Heisman Trophy acceptance speech in December 2006, Daniels ? a Pennsylvania native -- had a coaching career that spanned more than 40 years, including from 2001-2009 at OSU. Yet it was the genteel manner of the diminutive Daniels to which folks immediately referred.
?He was the most patient man and was such a great teacher of football and life,? said Nick Siciliano, who was first Daniels? understudy then his successor as QB coach at Ohio State after Daniels became too ill to coach. ?I love and will miss him dearly.?
Like many of the coaches on the OSU staff, Siciliano had visited with Daniels in the last few days at his New Albany home where hospice services had been established. Daniels was first diagnosed with cancer of the kidney in the summer of 2006 after suffering a mild heart attack, had been battling the disease with periods of success ever since.
?You could just see how tough of a man he was,? Siciliano said. ?He never complained.?
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http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/stories/2011/12/04/04-joe-daniels-obit.html
Joe Daniels showed dignity to the end
By Rob Oller
The Columbus Dispatch - December 04, 2011
Joe Daniels, 69, who died early Sunday morning after a long fight with cancer, shared a sad but deep connection with me. My dad, who died in 2009, was diagnosed with kidney cancer about the same time as Daniels (2006) and Joe and I had several discussions about the disease. More than that, however, he always asked how my dad was doing.
Like my father, Joe maintained a positive outlook to the very end. He knew, in the big picture, that his suffering was only a temporary affliction. A man of deep faith, Daniels did not curse his fate. Instead, he was a coach/teacher to the end, sharing his story with college students and anyone else who was willing to listen.
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http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/when-140-isnt-enough/2011/12/joe-daniels-will-be-missed.html
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