Former USL Championship and League One coach and beloved member of the American soccer community Tim Hankinson has been diagnosed with Stage 4 Adenocarcinoma, and through this online fundraiser via GoFundMe.com organized by his wife Yvette and friends, you can help in his fight against cancer.

“He, of course, will do all he can to fight this,” his family and friends wrote on GoFundMe. “We are raising money because this course of treatment will have many expenses attached to it. He will have to travel to Houston each week for trial treatments and medical appointments. Some weeks he will have to stay in Houston for a few days at a time. Although the chemotherapy will be partially covered by insurance, we are unsure of how much of the trial drugs will be covered since they are not yet FDA approved.  Cancer is expensive as we all know and without help this course of treatment would not be possible.”

Any donations made will go directly toward covering travel and medical expenses for Hankinson’s fight against cancer.

With a coaching career that spans more than 40 years, Hankinson has long been a fixture of the American soccer community. He has coached the Charleston Battery and Indy Eleven of the USL Championship, and most recently managed Chattanooga Red Wolves SC during the inaugural season of USL League One in 2019.