A 2-year-old grandson of Washington Redskins head coach [and President of Joe Gibbs Racing] Joe Gibbs has been diagnosed with leukemia and is currently undergoing chemotherapy, a development that has been “devastating” to the Hall of Fame coach.

According to Gibbs’ personal Web site, Zachary Taylor Gibbs — the son of NASCAR executive J.D. Gibbs — was ruled to have leukemia two weeks ago. Zachary Taylor has already undergone surgery.

“We got the news on Taylor, and it was really devastating to our whole family,” Gibbs said on his Web site. “So I’ve kind of been going through a process here the last two weeks, and I’m probably like a lot of you, this is much more important than winning football games. And winning football games is important. That’s the third most important thing in my life. God’s first, family and loved ones second and then my occupation third.

“So as we struggle with this news with Taylor, we did get a good report this week, and he’s had a number of surgeries that he’s been through, he’s in chemo now, and so we sure appreciate your prayers,” Gibbs said.

J.D. Gibbs, his oldest son, serves as president of Joe Gibbs Racing in North Carolina, and Gibbs’ other son, Coy, is an offensive quality control coach for the Redskins. Between them, they have six sons and one daughter.

On his Web site, Joe Gibbs said that Zachary Taylor’s leukemia “kind of threw us all for a loop” and added it “way overshadows anything like our occupation and me winning football games.”

ESPN.com