It is crazy to think that we have finally entered the last month of the year! Another year has flown right by us and left us with plenty of memories. Good and bad, this has been another eventful year in sports. We start the countdown on a sad note remembering when two head coaches both fell ill on the same weekend. 
John Fox is the head coach for the extremely talented Denver Broncos. On their bye week in early November, he was relaxing on a golf course in Charlotte,NC. He started to feel light headed and was immediately taken to a local hospital. He was informed that he needed heart surgery, a surgery he knew he needed, but was hoping to wait until after the season had ended. Doctors told him that he could wait no longer and then needed to perform an aortic valve replacement surgery right away. The surgery was a success and Fox stayed in the hospital until Thanksgiving to recover. He returned to Denver on the holiday to surprise the Broncos players. He has said that a return to action could happen as soon as Week 14. Offensive coordinator Jack Del Rio took over as interim coach.
No more than 48 hours after the news about Fox breaking out, did another coach fall ill. This time it was Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak who gave onlookers the scare of their lives. As he attempted to run off the field for half time, Kubiak collapsed to the ground and appeared in visible pain. He was hurting so badly, he could not even open his eyes. A stretcher was immediately brought out to the field and he was taken back through the tunnel where an ambulance was waiting for him outside. It was determined that he had suffered a mini stroke caused by blood vessels being temporarily blocked in the brain. He was fine after the incident and only missed one game. Kubiak returned to action by staying the coach’s box during the games against the Jaguars and Raiders. The Texans are having one of the most disappointing seasons in the league.
glad to see they’re both recovering