In the midst of preparing for the start of the 2017 season, the Navy football team has rallied around offensive coordinator Ivin Jasper, whose son will likely need a heart transplant.
Jarren Jasper, 14, went to the doctor for a routine physical in June so he could try out for the Broadneck High School football team. It was then doctors noticed something was wrong with his heart.
"Things kind of came out of nowhere," Navy head football coach Ken Niumatalolo told Glenn Clark Radio Aug. 22. "He went in for a procedure and the next thing you know the poor kid's fighting for his life. Now he's at the point now where he's on an LVAD machine. He's waiting on a transplant. So the kid's fighting hard for his life."
