Carolina Panthers get new coach from Make-A-Wish Foundation
The Carolina Panthers got a new coach on Friday in 7-year-old Aiden Amason.
Amason took over for Braylon Beam, an honorary child coach for the past season through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Beam passed the torch to Amason, who had an introductory press conference in the hour before the start of practice.
Amason, a rising second grader at Hardin Park Elementary in Boone, is getting treatment for Stage 4 Desmoplastic Round Blue Cell Tumors – a rare form of cancer.
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This story was originally published August 5, 2016 at 10:35 PM with the headline "Carolina Panthers get new coach from Make-A-Wish Foundation."