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Michigan, Ohio State basketball coaches join to cheer Lloyd Carr’s dying grandson

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Chad Carr is 5 years old, and he’s dying of a rare form of brain cancer. He can’t walk and struggles to breathe and talk. His parents have moved him to hospice care. It’s all just unspeakably sad.

But thanks to the men’s basketball coaches at Michigan and Ohio State, Chad will get one last look at Christmas lights.

Wow! Special thanks to the michigan men’s basketball coaches and staff and the Ohio state men’s basketball team’s…

Posted by Tammi Curtis Carr on Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Chad is the grandson of former Michigan football coach Lloyd Carr and the son of former Wolverines quarterback Jason Carr. But according to CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish, who tells the tale, the idea to decorate Chad’s house came from Barbara Matta, wife of Ohio State men’s basketball coach Thad Matta.