Chad Carr, the five-year-old grandson of former Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr, has died, according to his mother Tammi Carr on Twitter.
#chadtough gained his angel wings today. Please pray for peace for our family pic.twitter.com/4eZee8oVNG
— Tammi Carr (@tamcarr21) November 23, 2015
In 2014, Chad was diagnosed with a rare inoperable form of brain cancer and the community rallied around the cause, coming up with the #ChadTough hashtag.
The last two weeks, Michigan has wore helmets with #ChadTough written on the back. Over the weekend, rivals Michigan State and Ohio State joined the cause wore helmet decals to honor Chad.