Former OU coach Chuck Fairbanks has brain cancer
Former Oklahoma football coach Chuck Fairbanks has been detected with inoperable brain cancer and will begin treatment Monday at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix.
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Published: September 29, 2012
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Tom Osborne, Barry Switzer and Chuck Fairbanks (right) shake hands during the halftime ceremonies of the college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the University of Nebraska Huskers at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008, in Norman. BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
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Fairbanks compiled a record of 52-15-1 (.772) with the Sooners and his teams featured 1969 Heisman Trophy winner Steve Owens, Jack Mildren and freshman Joe Washington. When Fairbanks left to coach the Patriots, he was replaced by OU offensive coordinator Barry Switzer.
After coaching, Fairbanks entered real estate and golf course development businesses with ventures in California and Arizona.
Fairbanks has residences in Northern Michigan and also in Scottsdale, Ariz. He and wife, Puddy, have three sons (Chuck, Tyler and Toby) and two daughters (Gwenn and Malissa).
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