Bill McCartney, the former University of Colorado football coach who became a prominent religious figure in the 1990s after founding the Promise Keepers movement, died Friday at the age of 84.

(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 ...

After transforming the University of Colorado’s football team, he founded the Promise Keepers, a masculine revivalist group that drew millions of supporters. By Alex Traub Bill McCartney, a ...

Bill McCartney filled stadiums as a college football coach. He led the Colorado Buffaloes for 13 seasons, ... McCartney said Promise Keepers grew out of tension in his own life.

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 ...

Bill McCartney, the former coach of the University of Colorado football team – back when they were good ... McCartney left Promise Keepers in 2003 to attend to his ill wife, Lyndi.

Bill McCartney, the Hall of Fame college football coach who won a national championship with Colorado in 1990, ... McCartney co-founded the Christian organization "Promise Keepers." ...

Bill McCartney, who coached Colorado ... 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 ...

This year, Promise Keepers, started and headed by former University of Colorado football coach Bill McCartney, drew about 10,000 to the Pepsi Center, which can seat 19,000 for sporting events and more ...

Bill McCartney is resigning as president of Promise Keepers, the Christian men's organization he founded 13 years ago. The former University of Colorado football coach says he'll step down October ...