at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). In 2003, Weis and his wife established the Hannah & Friends Foundation, dedicated to children affected by developmental disorders and named after his daughter, who is autistic. In the spring of 2004, the inaugural Hannah & Friends Celebrity Golf Classic was held to benefit the foundation. Weis told YES Network commentators at the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers MLB game on Friday, July 17, 2009, that his favorite baseball team is the Yankees. He was there to celebrate the announcement of the Notre Dame and Army football game to be played at the new Yankee Stadium in November 2010. Weis was born in Trenton, New Jersey, and grew up in Middlesex, New Jersey, where he graduated from Middlesex High School. He has one older sister and three younger brothers, one of whom attended West Point. Charlie had another brother named Pete. Health issues In 2002, Weis underwent gastric bypass surgery, after which he lost from his top weight of . When asked why he underwent surgery, Weis stated he was afraid he would "drop dead" from obesity. Because of complications from the surgery, Weis spent two weeks in a coma and nearly died. Weis was so close to death that he reportedly received the Catholic last rites. Weis later sued the doctors who performed the surgery for malpractice and lost. A major reason cited for the jury's decision is that Weis ignored doctors' advice and pushed to have the operation done quickly, rather than going through a recommended six-week preoperative program. During a game against Michigan on September 13, 2008, Notre Dame defensive end John Ryan accidentally collided with Weis on the sideline. Weis sustained tears to his anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament, for which he underwent surgery. Head coaching record Works Notes References External links Hannah and Friends 1956 births Florida Gators football coaches High school football coaches in New Jersey Kansas City Chiefs coaches Kansas Jayhawks football coaches Living people National Football League offensive coordinators New England Patriots coaches New York Giants coaches New York Jets coaches Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coaches People from Middlesex, New Jersey South Carolina Gamecocks football coaches Sportspeople from Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey Sportspeople from Trenton, New Jersey University of Notre Dame alumni University of South Carolina alumni Coaches of American football from New Jersey