Former TU Coach

Mind over matter: Rob Ambrose battles through cancer to his next football coaching job at Shepherd University

By Greg Swatek, The Frederick News-Post

Under the weight of the moment, the phone line fell silent for a few seconds.

“Rob, are you OK?” dermatologist Mark Lowitt eventually asked Middletown native and former Towson University football coach Rob Ambrose.

“Yeah. Are you OK?” Ambrose replied.

Ambrose said the doctor seemed perplexed by his reaction and how well he seemed to be taking the news. Lowitt had just delivered information that would shake most people to their core.

Ambrose had cancer, a lab scan of one of his moles revealed. Stage 3 melanoma. It felt like a life-changing event to Ambrose at the time. But it also felt instantly manageable.

The stubborn, mind-over-matter, quarterback-turned-football coach was present from the very first moment.

“I go, ‘Mark, isn’t it like one in four people have cancer?" FINISH READING HERE

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