 And he was wounded on Iwo Jima, shot up with shrapnel, went on to play basketball at Furman University. And, of course, Uncle Chico was the longtime head coach at Travelers Rest High School. The Devil Dogs is what they called the football team. He created the football program and named it after the Marines. He said he wouldn't take the job unless he could run the football program like he was in the Marines. Oh, God.