McCartney, who led the Buffaloes to their only national championship in 1990, is also the founder of Promise Keepers, a Christian organization that has been critical of LGBTQ rights in the past.

Bill McCartney, who coached Colorado to its only football national championship and founded Promise Keepers, an evangelical Christian group for “godly men,” died Jan. 10 in Boulder, where the ...

He had tremendous impact through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and as a co-founder of “Promise Keepers,” one of the nation’s fastest-growing Christian organizations in the 1990s.

Bill McCartney's farewell address to Promise Keepers in 2003 in Denver. Bill McCartney had a history of disappointing me. He was also one of my greatest sources of inspiration and a mentor of sorts.

William Paul “Bill” McCartney, the esteemed former head coach of the University of Colorado football team and founder of the Promise Keepers men’s ministry, passed away on January 10, 2025 ...

Mr. McCartney, his video image on a computer screen, spoke at a Promise Keepers event in Colorado Springs in 1998. The group said it drew millions of men to its rallies nationwide over the years.

McCartney said Promise Keepers grew out of tension in his own life. His zeal for success as a football coach came into conflict with his desire to be the husband and father he felt God wanted him ...

Bill McCartney, who coached Colorado to its only football national championship in 1990, has died By PAT GRAHAM The Associated Press,Updated January 13, 2025, 4:27 p.m.

He left as Promise Keepers’ president in 2003 because of his wife’s health but returned five years later. As a football coach, McCartney’s impact at Colorado was immense.

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — 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 ...