KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — On the same day Larry Headrick got the head coaching job at South Doyle, his wife was diagnosed with Stage 3 Melanoma.

“This was on a Friday, and she didn't tell me until Sunday night. She just didn't want to ruin the excitement for me, and I knew deep down, and I knew it in the back of my mind, that there was an issue,” said Headrick.

As a family, they decided they wanted to be open about what they were going through.

“I think being vulnerable to each other was big to us because everyone needs people, I got people in my life, I lean on my parents, I lean on my wife, I lean on my coaches, and I want my players to do that too,” Headrick said.

Headrick told the team was more than just an update; it was a lesson in vulnerability, one that the Cherokees opened the

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