Bill McCartney, who won national championship as Colorado football coach, dies at 84

<p><p>Bill McCartney, the Hall of Fame college football coach who won a national championship with Colorado in 1990, died Friday night in Boulder, Colorado. He was 84.</p><p>McCartney's family said in a statement that he died "after a courageous journey with dementia."</p><p>McCartney, hired in 1982, is the winningest coach in CU football history with a 93-55-5 record over 13 seasons in Boulder. He led the Buffaloes to the 1990 national championship after beating Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl and won three Big Eight titles.</p><img width="100%" /><p>He coached 1994 Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2013.</p><p>After his coaching career, McCartney co-founded the Christian organization "Promise Keepers." He had four children with his late wife, Lynne.</p></p>