

It goes back to when they were 12 years old, sitting at a kitchen table and hearing that their mom had breast cancer. Jason Staley said seeing his brother have the platform to reach and inform others about cancer awareness is more important than the wins and losses on the field, especially during the league’s many cancer awareness programs in October. “As a brother, that’s the best gift he could have given. That would have been the 18th birthday we celebrated without her, and this is the first one where I haven’t been sad,” Jason Staley said. It also was on what would have been Linda Staley’s 64th birthday. 12, when the Chargers rallied in the fourth quarter to defeat the Washington Football Team 20-16. Staley’s first win as an NFL coach came on Sept. It’s not just, ‘Hey, you do it this way.’ It’s both ends of the stick.” “We are constantly communicating, and that’s what makes him so great as a coach. He asks how we see it,” safety Derwin James said. He listens to us, and he sees how we see it, too. Joseph isn’t the only player to share that sentiment. Defensive lineman Linval Joseph, who is in his 12th season, said the way Staley has explained his system and philosophy has been the best he has experienced in the league. Staley’s communication skills have drawn rave reviews from players. In one season, the Rams defense went from 13th to leading the league. After a second stint as John Carroll University’s defensive coordinator in 2016, he was a linebackers coach in Chicago and Denver under Vic Fangio for three years before becoming the Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator in 2020. Northern Illinois was the first step on a coaching road that to Staley being hired by the Chargers in January. He said, ‘I’m just going to compete, and I’m going to grind this thing into the ground,’ and I’ll be damned if he didn’t do it.” Not letting the past affect him is the same way he coaches his players. “His ability to stay in the present and not let it get too big was the catalyst for him. It was one treatment at a time find what progress you can, and continue to get stronger and better. “The way he approached it was very methodical. Every time I talked to him, he explained, this is what’s going on, this is what I’m doing, and this is how we’re going to beat this,” Jason Staley said.

“He’s always had this special way to get you to believe. Jason Staley - Brandon’s twin brother and younger sibling by 2 1/2 minutes - said that his brother’s approach to beating cancer bears many resemblances to his coaching philosophy and getting those around him to buy in.
