Bill McCartney 2207159 205802907 2008-04-15T15:28:38Z Johnpacklambert 2308770 /* References */ {{College coach infobox |Image=Replace this image male.svg <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people - see [[WP:NONFREE]] --> | | Name = Bill McCartney | | Caption = | DateOfBirth = {{Birth date and age|1940|8|22|mf=y}} | Birthplace = [[Riverview, Michigan]] | DateOfDeath = | Sport = [[College Football]] | College = | Title = Retired [[Head coach]] | CurrentRecord = | OverallRecord = 95-55-5 | BowlRecord = 3-6 | Awards = <small>1990 National Championship<br />1989 National Coach of the Year<br />1985, 1989, 1990 Big Eight Coach of the Year<br />1990 UPI Coach of the Year</small> | CFbDWID = 1497 | Player = | Years = | Team = | Position = | Coach = Y | CoachYears = 1982-94 | CoachTeams = Colorado | FootballHOF = }} '''William Paul McCartney''' (born [[August 22]],[[1940]] in [[Riverview, Michigan]]) is the founder the [[Promise Keepers]] men's ministry and a former college football coach. Currently he is the founder and chairman of Road to Jerusalem ministry. ==Coaching== After receiving his [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in education from the [[University of Missouri–Columbia|University of Missouri]] (1962), McCartney was named as an assistant football coach under Tom McCartney, his older brother, in the summer of 1965 at Detroit [[Holy Redeemer High School]]. He was also the head basketball coach at Redeemer (1965-1969), taking the school to the Detroit City Championship during the 1968-1969 season. He was also a successful football and basketball coach at [[Divine Child High School]] in [[Dearborn, Michigan]] before becoming the only high school coach ever hired by [[University of Michigan]] coaching legend [[Bo Schembechler]]. After nine years as an assistant, McCartney was hired to replace [[Chuck Fairbanks]] as head coach at the [[University of Colorado at Boulder|University of Colorado]]. In his first season the [[Colorado Buffaloes]] compiled a record of 2-8-1. But McCartney began rebuilding Colorado in the early 1980s by pointing to the success of Big Eight rival [[Nebraska Cornhuskers]]. McCartney stated that it would take five years to turn the Buffaloes into a winning program. After a disastrous 1-10 season in 1984, McCartney signed a contract extension. In only his fourth season, the Buffaloes were invited to the [[Freedom Bowl]] against the [[Washington Huskies]]. The following year, [[1986]], saw McCartney's team win its first game against Nebraska in over two decades. After moderately successful seasons in [[1987]] and [[1988]], McCartney moved his team into national prominence. In [[1988]], the Buffaloes star quarterback, [[Sal Aunese]], was diagnosed with stomach cancer. Aunesse died in the middle of the 1989 season. They beat every regular season opponent including ranked teams [[Washington Huskies football|Washington]], [[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois]], [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]], and [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]. When the final regular season poll for [[1989]] was released, the Colorado Buffaloes had taken only seven years to go from 110th <!-- this used to be 1-10 but that doesn't make sense, but 110th does seem likely either -->to number one in the country. They played in the [[Orange Bowl (game)|Orange Bowl]] against [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] on [[January 1]], [[1990]]. They lost to Notre Dame, 21-6, and ended the year number four in the nation. Big things were expected in [[1990]], and McCartney took the step of adding an extra game, the inaugural [[Disney Kick-Off Classic]], to the schedule. Beginning the year ranked number four, the Buffaloes tied with the [[Tennessee Volunteers]], 31-31. A comeback win against [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]] and a loss to Illinois made the Buffs 1-1-1. The tide turned with a win over [[Texas Longhorns football|Texas]] and they went undefeated the rest of the season. But the controversy that was to cast a pall over the Buffs' 1990 success came on [[October 6]], [[1990]] against [[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri]]. The referees accidentally allowed the Buffaloes an additional play that wound up being the difference between victory and defeat. The game, known as the [[Fifth Down Game]], had major repercussions for the rest of the year. As the teams in front of them lost, Colorado continued to climb in the rankings. They beat nationally ranked opponents Washington, Oklahoma, and Nebraska. The win against Nebraska combined with the other events of [[November 3]], [[1990]] put the Buffaloes in the number one spot. If they won their remaining games, they would win the national championship. Once again, the Buffaloes faced off in the Orange Bowl against Notre Dame. A sensational game unfolded that seemingly ended with another Notre Dame victory. Colorado punter [[Tom Rouen]] punted to [[Raghib Ismail]] with 65 seconds left. Ismail returned the punt 91 yards for the game-winning touchdown, only to have it called back due to a controversial clipping penalty. Colorado hung on for a 10-9 win and a share of the [[NCAA Division I-A national football championship|1990 National Championship]]. Colorado was voted #1 by the [[AP Poll]] and split the title with [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]] who was voted #1 by the [[Coaches Poll]]. The following year, the Buffaloes tied Nebraska for the Big Eight title and lost to [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] in the [[Blockbuster Bowl]]. In [[1992]], they lost three games and the [[Fiesta Bowl]] to [[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse]]. After coaching two more seasons, the last an 11-1 season including a bowl win over Notre Dame, McCartney retired from coaching to head the Christian men's group Promise Keepers. After many years he resigned as the head of Promise Keepers and founded an organization called The Road to Jerusalem. === Record === {{CFB Yearly Record Start|type=coach|poll=both|poll2=AP}} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead|bgcolor=#0000FF|fgcolor=white|numcols=9| name=Colorado Buffaloes|startyear=1982|endyear=1994|conf=Big Eight}} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry |year=1982 | name=Colorado |overall=2-8-1 |conference=1-5-1 | confstanding = T-6th }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry |year=1983 | name=Colorado |overall=4-7 |conference=2-5 | confstanding = T-6th }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry |year=1984 | name=Colorado |overall=1-10 |conference=1-6 | confstanding = 7th }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry |year=1985 | name=Colorado |overall=7-5 |conference=4-3 | confstanding = 3rd | bowlname=[[Freedom Bowl]] | bowlopp=Washington | bowloutcome =L }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry |year=1986 | name=Colorado |overall=6-6 |conference=6-1 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname=[[Bluebonnet Bowl]] | bowlopp=Baylor | bowloutcome =L }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry |year=1987 | name=Colorado |overall=7-4 |conference=4-3 | confstanding = 4th }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry |year=1988 | name=Colorado |overall=8-4 |conference=4-3 | confstanding = 4th | bowlname=[[Freedom Bowl]] | bowlopp=BYU | bowloutcome =L }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry |championship=conference |year=1989 | name=Colorado |overall=11-1 |conference=7-0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname=[[Orange Bowl (game)|Orange Bowl]] | bowlopp=#4 Notre Dame | bowloutcome =L | ranking=4 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry |championship=national |year=1990 | name=Colorado |overall=11-1-1 |conference=7-0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname=Orange Bowl | bowlopp=#5 Notre Dame | bowloutcome =W | ranking=2 | ranking2=1 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry |championship=conference |year=1991 | name=Colorado |overall=8-3-1 |conference=6-0-1 | confstanding = T-1st | bowlname=[[Blockbuster Bowl]] | bowlopp=#8 Alabama | bowloutcome =L | ranking=20 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry |year=1992 | name=Colorado |overall=9-2-1 |conference=5-1-1 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname=[[1993 Fiesta Bowl|Fiesta Bowl]] | bowlopp=#6 Syracuse | bowloutcome =L | ranking=13 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry |year=1993 | name=Colorado |overall=8-3-1 |conference=5-1-1 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname=[[Aloha Bowl]] | bowlopp=#24 Fresno State | bowloutcome =W | ranking=16 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry |year=1994 | name=Colorado |overall=11-1 |conference=6-1 | confstanding = T-2nd | bowlname=[[1995 Fiesta Bowl|Fiesta Bowl]] | bowlopp=Notre Dame | bowloutcome =W | ranking=3 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal|name=Colorado|overall=93-55-5|confrecord=58-29-4}} {{CFB Yearly Record End|overall=93-55-5}} ==Honors== McCartney is the former head football coach of the University of Colorado. His team won a co-national championship in 1990. He has been inducted into the [[Colorado Sports Hall of Fame]] (1999) and the [[Orange Bowl Hall of Fame]] (1996) and has been honored as [[UPI Coach of the Year]] (1990), [[Big Eight Conference Coach of the Year]] (1985, 1989, 1990), and [[National Coach of the Year]] (1989). He serves on the board of directors of the [[Equip Foundation]], [[Gospel to the Unreached Millions]], and [[Concerts of Prayer International]] and has been honored with personal awards including: [[Humanitarian of the Year]] from the [[Syl Morgan Smith Colorado Gospel Music Academy]] (1999); the [[Evangelist Philip Award]] from the [[National Association of United Methodist Evangelists]] (1999); the [[Fire-Setters Award]] from [[Revival Fires Ministries]] (1997); [[Layperson of the Year]] from the National Association of Evangelicals (1996); [[ABC News Person of the Week]] (February 16, 1996); the [[Chief Award from Chief, Inc.,]] Phoenix, Az. (1996); the [[Spectrum Award]] from [[Sports Spectrum magazine]] (1995); and the [[Impact America Award]] from [[Point Loma Nazarene University|Point Loma College]] (1995). He is the author of ''4th and Goal PlayBook'' (Audio CD) with [[Jim Weidmann]], and the books ''Sold Out Two-gether with Lyndi McCartney '', ''Sold Out'' and ''From Ashes to Glory''. McCartney holds the record for the most games coached as head coach at Colorado (153). He also holds the records for most wins (93) and conference wins (58) of any head coach at Colorado.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cubuffs.com/pdf7/39577.pdf?SPSID=3860&SPID=255&DB_OEM_ID=600 | title=2006 Colorado Buffaloes Media Guide, Records section | publisher=CUBuffs.com | accessdate=2007-01-05 | language=English | format=PDF}}</ref> ==March on Washington== On [[October 4]], [[1997]], between 500,000 to one million Christian men gathered in Washington D.C. for a Promise Keepers rally called "Stand In The Gap." The entire convention was featured on C-SPAN and carried on other cable networks. ==Personal== McCartney lives with his wife, Lyndi, in the [[Denver]] area. They have four children and ten grandchildren. The McCartneys attend Cornerstone Church, in [[Boulder, Colorado]]. He enjoys spending time with his family, golfing, and bike riding. Two of those grandchildren were fathered out of wedlock by two different players on McCartney's Colorado football teams.<ref>{{cite web | last = Henderson | first = John | title = The McCartney connection | url=http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_6489926 | accessdate = 2008-04-10 }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web | last = Hoffer | first = Richard | title = Putting His House in Order | url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1006171/index.htm | accessdate = 2008-04-10 }}</ref> ==External links== * [http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=921675 Q&A with Bill McCartney, June 2007, discussing about his time at Colorado] == References == <references/> {{start box}} {{succession box | title =[[Paul "Bear" Bryant Award]] | before=[[Lou Holtz]] | years =1989 | after =[[Bobby Ross]]}} {{succession box | title=[[University of Colorado at Boulder|University of Colorado Head Coach]] | before=[[Chuck Fairbanks]] | years=[[1982]]&ndash;[[1994]]| after=[[Rick Neuheisel]] }} {{succession box | title=[[Walter Camp Coach of the Year]] | before=[[Don Nehlen]] | years=1989 | after=[[Bobby Ross]] }} {{end box}} {{Walter Camp Coach of the Year}} {{Bear Bryant Award}} {{Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year}} {{BuffaloesCoach}} {{DEFAULTSORT:McCartney, Bill}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:Christian religious leaders]] [[Category:Christian writers]] [[Category:Colorado Buffaloes football coaches]] [[Category:Promise Keepers]] [[Category:Michigan Wolverines football coaches]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Dearborn, Michigan]] [[Category:People from Denver Metro Area]] [[Category:University of Missouri–Columbia alumni]] [[Category:American Evangelicals]]