Bill McCartney, who won national championship as Colorado football coach, dies at 84
Bill McCartney, the Hall of Fame college football coach who won a national championship with Colorado in 1990, died Friday night in Boulder, Colorado. He was 84.
McCartney’s family said in a statement that he died “after a courageous journey with dementia.”
McCartney, hired in 1982, is the winningest coach in CU football history with a 93-55-5 record over 13 seasons in Boulder. He led the Buffaloes to the 1990 national championship after beating Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl and won three Big Eight titles.
He coached 1994 Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2013.
After his coaching career, McCartney co-founded the Christian organization “Promise Keepers.” He had four children with his late wife, Lynne.
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