Years before his recent death, former Colorado football coach Bill McCartney had a memorable conversation with a reporter about his cruel condition.

He coached Colorado to a national championship in 1990. In retirement he led the Promise Keepers, an evangelical Christian group for “godly men.”

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

The University of Colorado is honoring former football head coach Bill McCartney in a free memorial event that will be open to the public. McCartney was 84 when he died peacefully, his family said.

Bill McCartney, the legendary CU football coach who led the Buffs to the 1990 national championship, died Friday night at the age of 84.

He led the Colorado Buffaloes to a national title and started a movement urging men to take responsibility for their faith, families, and communities.

Legendary Colorado coach Bill McCartney has died at the age of 84, the school announced on Saturday. McCartney, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, is the winningest coach in program history and led the program to its only national championship in 1990.

Bill McCartney, who coached Colorado to a national championship in 1990, has died, his family announced Friday night. He was 84. Colorado said McCartney died in Boulder with his family by his side. The family posted a statement on social media, saying McCartney “left this world peacefully … after a courageous journey with Dementia.”

Former Colorado football coach Bill McCartney, who coached the Buffaloes to their only national championship in 1990, died late Friday night:

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