Despite having to go through a second round of chemotherapy relating to the sinus cancer that arrived initially last summer, UMass men's soccer coach Sam Koch has continued to battle through and put a premium on family life and relationships. Koch spent an afternoon with Daily Hampshire Gazette writer Matt Vautour (@GazetteUMass) last week as the two discussed the past year and what lies ahead.
Sam Koch's legs hurt and he couldn't have been much happier about it.
After spending the majority of the last 13 months in varying states of discomfort battling sinus cancer, the fact that the origin of his soreness is the natural result of a 58-year-old returning to running is reason to embrace the pain.
"I went for a run yesterday. My legs are sore today, which is the best feeling ever," the longtime University of Massachusetts men's soccer coach said Monday, sitting in his Boyden office.
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