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William Paul McCartney (August 22, 1940 – January 10, 2025) was an American college football coach who was the head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes for 13 seasons (1982–1994). He compiled a 93–55–5 (.624) record, and won three consecutive Big Eight Conference titles ( 1989 – 1991 ).
Promise Keepers was founded in 1990 by Bill McCartney, then the head football coach at the University of Colorado Boulder. [2] [3] The organization was incorporated as a nonprofit in the state of Colorado on December 3, 1990.
William, Bill, Billy or Willie McCartney can refer to: Bill McCartney (1940–2025), American football coach, and evangelist; Billy McCartney (born 1947), Scottish ...
Bill McCartney, who guided Colorado to the 1990 national championship, has died at 84. He coached 1994 Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame ...
Bill McCartney, former Colorado head coach who led the Buffaloes to a national title in 1990, has died at age 84. McCartney coached at Colorado from 1982-1994, leading the team to three Big Eight ...
Bill McCartney in 1989 “I am very saddened at the passing of Coach Mac,” said Colorado athletic director Rick George, who remained lifelong friends with McCartney after he hired George in the ...
McCartney coached at Colorado from 1982-94, retiring early to spend more time with his wife, Lyndi, who died in 2013. Following his retirement, he worked full time at Promise Keepers, a ministry he started in 1990 after converting from Catholicism and whose aim is to encourage “godly men.”
When Colorado hired Bill McCartney in 1982, he emphatically designated Nebraska as their primary rival in an attempt to motivate his team and fanbase. [4] At the time, Nebraska was an established national powerhouse and had defeated Colorado fourteen consecutive times; McCartney wanted to use an eventual defeat of Nebraska as a measure of ...