Bill McCartney died on Jan. 10 at the age of 84 after a long battle with dementia and his son, Mike, said this week, “I thought I was ready, because we knew he was dying.” ...

(Photo by Cliff Grassmick/Daily Camera) Former CU coach Bill McCartney and his wife Lyndi McCartney. University of Colorado Head Football Coach Bill McCartney with quarterbacks Koy Detmer ...

Bill McCartney, the Hall of Fame football coach who led the CU Buffs to their lone national title, died Friday night after a lengthy battle with dementia, the university announced. He was 84.

Bill McCartney coached Colorado to three Big Eight titles, 10 consecutive winning seasons in league competition, and the 1990 national title.

“It’s the right thing for us to do as a family,” he said at the time. Former CU coach Bill McCartney and his wife Lyndi. Led by players McCartney recruited to Boulder, Rick Neuheisel kept ...

Bill McCartney hadn’t coached the Buffaloes in 24 years, and CU hadn’t played the Cornhuskers in eight years, but his passion still burned. “I’d rather be dead than red!” McCartney said ...

CU announced McCartney’s passing and included the following statement from the McCartney family: “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Bill McCartney, beloved husband ...

Bill McCartney, Colorado's only national-championship ... to join Bo Schembechler's staff in Ann Arbor. McCartney delivered CU's only national title in 1990, which came in the midst of three ...

Former Colorado star JJ Flannigan, left, talks with Peggy Coppom, right, before the start of a memorial for former University of Colorado Boulder Head Football Coach Bill McCartney at the CU ...

Longtime Colorado football coach Bill McCartney, an assistant for Michigan football before leading the Buffaloes to the 1990 ...

Bill McCartney, who coached Colorado to its only ... Former McCartney assistant and former CU head coach Karl Dorrell said, “I loved Mac and the man he was because he loved us first.