Majors went 4-5-2 against Dye, including a 38-20 upset of then-No. College Football Hall of Famer Johnny Majors, the coach of Pittsburgh’s 1976 national championship team and a former coach and star player at Tennessee, died Wednesday. Fierce on the sidelines. Majors died at his home in Knoxville, according to his wife, Mary Lynn Majors.
His death came two days after that of former Auburn coach Pat Dye, who died Monday at the age of 80. Few people in our profession ever have the experience of working with a team that good." He loved the symphony, travel, history and almost any type of museum.” Mary Elizabeth Majors, his daughter, added, “my dad was a strong and determined person. Majors went 33-13-1 in four years there and led Pitt to a 12-0 record in 1976. He posted a 24-30-1 record at Iowa State from 1968-72 before Pitt hired him away. The Vols, coached by offensive coordinator Phillip Fulmer, got off to a 3-0 start. Tennessee retired Majors' No. He finished his Vols playing career with 1,622 yards rushing and 1,135 yards passing. "Words could never express what you meant to me. PODCAST: In his own words, the life of Johnny Majors KNOXVILLE -- Former Tennessee player and head coach Johnny Majors died Wednesday. Johnny Majors, the college football coach who led the University of Tennessee to three SEC championships and the University of Pittsburgh to a national championship, has died. Actor Lee Majors borrowed Johnny Majors' last name to form his stage name. Catch you on the other side." He was 85. 45 jersey in 2012. "Thank you, Coach. It's a ring that I will never take off as long as I live." His father, Shirley Majors, was a longtime football coach at the University of the South in Sewanee. Majors’ family released a statement of the Tennessee legend’s passing and how he spent his final hours. "He spent his last hours doing something he dearly loved: looking out over his cherished Tennessee River," she said in a statement first given to Sports Radio WNML. “John passed away this morning. Johnny Majors Drive is on the campus of the University of Tennessee and is the location of the school's practice facility. "I wear it every day and I go to sleep with it at night.
During the 1956 season, Majors rushed for seven touchdowns, threw five TD passes and punted and returned kicks while leading Tennessee to a 10-1 record and Sugar Bowl appearance. "Dynamic on the field. He spent his last hours doing something he dearly loved: looking out over his cherished Tennessee River.”Majors’ son, John Ireland Majors, recognizes that his father’s legacy extends well beyond the football field. Johnny Majors was the legendary head football coach at Tennessee and Pittsburgh. "We mourn the loss of legendary player and coach Johnny Majors — a man who left an indelible mark on Tennessee Football." College Football Hall of Fame coach Johnny Majors, who spent 16 seasons at Tennessee and won a national title at Pittsburgh, died Wednesday. The statement was provided in a University of Tennessee press release.“It’s with a sad heart that we make this announcement,” said Mary Lynn Majors, his wife of 61 years. In lieu of flowers, please consider contributions to the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra or the charity of your choice.Q&A: TikTok saga continues with Microsoft talks. That followed a standout playing career at Tennessee during which he finished second to Notre Dame's Paul Hornung in the 1956 Heisman Trophy balloting. Johnny Majors, the coach of Pittsburgh’s 1976 national championship team and a former coach and star player at Tennessee, has died. Tennessee earned a bowl bid in 11 of his last 12 seasons on the job. [21] The Panthers were coming off a 1-10 season when he took over and had won a total of 23 games in the nine years preceding his arrival. He proved even more successful in the coaching ranks. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1987. He went on to a successful coaching career and had his greatest year in 1976, when he led Pittsburgh to a national championship with a team featuring Heisman Trophy winner Tony Dorsett. "I realized even then that I was a very fortunate man. The younger Majors was an assistant coach at Mississippi State and Arkansas before becoming a head coach. Majors went 116-62-8 at Tennessee from 1977-92 and led the Volunteers to SEC championships in 1985, 1989 and 1990. 1 Auburn with Bo Jackson in 1985 when Majors was the SEC coach of the year. He was 85. He led the Pittsburgh Panthers to an undefeated season and the national championship in … He was 85. "He led us to our greatest glory and changed Pitt forever," Pitt's football program tweeted. Majors missed the first three games of the 1992 season while recovering from heart bypass surgery.