Oklahoma football coach Brent Venables said his wife, Julie, is fighting breast cancer and recently underwent surgery.
Venables, speaking with reporters at the start of OU's training camp, revealed that Julie was diagnosed on June 16 and underwent surgery Friday. He said they will soon learn whether she needs additional chemotherapy or radiation treatments, although doctors are optimistic that the cancer did not spread to Julie's lymph nodes.
"It's been nothing short of amazing the group of people that have helped, whether it's the doctors or administration, people I work with, our staff, our players, our players' parents and certainly so many friends and the Sooner nation," Venables said.