Bill McCartney, the winningest coach in Colorado history, known for leading the Buffaloes to a national championship in 1990, has died at 80. McCartney passed away Friday night after a courageous battle with dementia.
McCartney died Friday night"after a courageous journey with dementia," according to a family statement.
In 1982, McCartney took over a Colorado program that was coming off three straight losing seasons with a combined record of 7-26. After three more struggling seasons, McCartney turned things around to go to bowl games in nine out of 10 seasons starting in 1985, when he switched over to a wishbone offense.
McCartney also groomed the next wave of coaches, mentoring assistants such as Gary Barnett, Jim Caldwell, Ron Dickerson, Gerry DiNardo, Karl Dorrell, Jon Embree, Les Miles, Rick Neuheisel, Bob Simmons, Lou Tepper, Ron Vanderlinden and John Wristen. "Here's what football does: It teaches a boy to be a man," McCartney told USA Today in 2017."You say, 'How does it do that?' Well, what if you line up across from a guy who's bigger, stronger, faster and tougher than you are? What do you do? Do you stay and play? Or do you turn and run? That's what football does. You're always going to come up against somebody who's better than you are.
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