brad and tracy stevens are involved with the american cancer society's coaches vs. cancer. he says that the cause really hit home for them after tracy's mother died of the disease in june 2004. the day before butler's 2010 final four appearance, they hosted a fundraiser for the organization. stevens has also volunteered his time to the jukes foundation for kids, a charity benefiting ugandan children run by former butler player avery jukes. stevens remains in close contact with the butler basketball family; he notably took a one-game leave from the celtics in january 2016 to visit with andrew smith, a player on both of butler's final four teams who was dying of cancer; smith died less than a week later. at the request of andrew's widow, sam, stevens delivered the eulogy at the memorial service on january 17, 2016.