Sidelined: Overcoming Odds through Unity, Passion and Perseverance

Chuck Pagano has been the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts since January 2012. He has been involved with football as a player or coach since his childhood, starting back in his Little League Football days. In 2013, he was selected by the Pro Football Writers of America as the George Halas Award winner. His hometown is Boulder, Colorado. Between 1984 and 2000, Pagano coached at USC, the University of Miami, Boise State (where he met his wife, Tina), East Carolina, and UNLV. He spent the 2007 season as the defensive coordinator at the University of North Carolina. Prior to coming to the Colts, he was the secondary coach with the Cleveland Browns and the defensive backs coach with the Oakland Raiders. From 2008 to 2010, he was the secondary coach with the Baltimore Ravens, and the next season became the defensive coordinator with the Ravens. Chuck and his wife, Tina, have three children and three grandchildren.

Bruce A. Tollner, Esq. and his cousin, Ryan Tollner, founded REP 1 Sports, a premier sports agency based in Irvine, California, that represents professional football athletes such as Ben Roethlisberger, Mike Iupati, Shea McClellin, Star Lotulelei, Blake Bortles, Packer Hall of Famer Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila and Jaguar Hall of Famer Mark Brunell. While at the University of Southern California, Bruce was a two-sport athlete, competing in both baseball and crew. He has competed in marathons and is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. He is the author of The C.H.I.L.D. Game Plan, with the foreword written by Stephen R. Covey. Bruce and his wife, Lisa, have three children.