Butch Davis

The former University of Miami and Cleveland Brown head coach has cancer.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. --North Carolina football coach Butch Davis said Tuesday he is undergoing chemotherapy treatments after a dentist removed a cancerous growth from his mouth.

''I know people are going to be concerned and everything, but it's going to be OK,'' Davis said. ``We're going to get through this and we're going to have a great season next fall.''

Davis said he wasn't even aware he had a growth when he saw his dentist late last month in Cleveland for a routine cleaning. After the growth was removed, a biopsy diagnosed it as non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

Subsequent exams have found no evidence that the cancer has spread anywhere else, but Davis said Tuesday is undergoing chemotherapy as a precaution. He had his first two-hour session last week, and will have between three and six more.

Good luck with the chemo Butch and God bless.

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