Bill McCartney coached Colorado to three Big Eight titles, 10 consecutive winning seasons in league competition, and the 1990 national title.

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BOULDER, Colo. — Bill McCartney, who coached Colorado to its only football national championship in 1990, has died. He was 84.The charismatic figure known as Coach Mac died Friday night "after a courageous journey with dementia," according to a family statement. His family announced in 2016 that he had been diagnosed with dementia and Alzheimer's."Coach Mac touched countless lives with his unwavering faith, boundless compassion, and enduring leg…

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DENVER (KDVR) — The University of Colorado Athletic Department will hold a public memorial to honor beloved coach, Bill McCartney. McCartney died on Friday after a "courageous journey with dementia,” according to a family statement. Known as Coach Mac, he made his mark on the CU Buffs community. During his time as head football coach from 1982-1994, he helped lead CU to its only football national championship in 1990. During that season, the tea…

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(RNS) — Bill McCartney, a former college football coach who became one of the most influential religious figures in American life during the 1990s after founding the Promise Keepers movement, died Friday (Jan. 10). “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Bill McCartney, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, who left this world peacefully at the age of 84 after a courageous journey with Dementia,” his family said in a…

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Bill McCartney, a football coach who founded Promise Keepers to inspire Christian men, died peacefully on Friday (Jan. 10) at age 84.

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Coach Bill McCartney, who led the University of Colorado Buffaloes football team to a national championship and later founded Promise Keepers, an evangelical ministry to men, passed away this past Friday. He was 84. “Coach Mac,” as he was best known, was lauded by ESPN over the weekend for his gridiron successes. A celebrated scholarship player at the University of Missouri for Dan Devine, McCartney began his post college life as a high school b…

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Bill McCartney, a former college football coach who became one of the most influential religious figures in American life during the 1990s after founding the Promise Keepers movement, died Friday, January 10. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Bill McCartney, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, who left this world peacefully at the age of 84 after a courageous journey with Dementia,” his family said in a state…

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University of Colorado to honor coach Bill McCartney with public memorial

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