Posted on 06/03/2020 10:07:37 AM PDT by C19fan
Johnny Majors, a college football legend as both a player and coach, has died. Majors, a Tennessee native, was a star tailback at the University of Tennessee before going on to an illustrious run as head coach at Iowa State, Pittsburgh and his alma mater. The College Football Hall of Famer died Wednesday morning, his wife of 61 years, Mary Lynn Majors, said in a statement to WNML.
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A couple of his Pitt teams were among the best ever.
RIP “DRUM”.
Yup. The last time Pitt football was significant on the national stage.
Within a few years Foge Fazio would be coaching a group of thugs who could not stay off of the police blotter.
His coaching career back at Tennessee ended rather awkwardly...He wasn’t having a very good season and had a heart attack...Philip Fulmer took over and began to win...Majors came back way too soon because Fulmer had turned things around...He was never the same after that and Fulmer was hired as the next head coach...
RIP.
He only won one national championship at Pitt. Pitt had a 1 loss season and a final number 2 ranking with Dan Marino at QB, but Jackie Sherrill coached that team, and it wasn't among the best ever anyway.
RIP, Johnny.
Bill Battle was coach at UT when I got there and soon Johnny came marching home from Pitt. We were excited thinking his Pitt magic could revive Big Orange football but it must have worn off. He stayed away from UT after the Fulmer resurrection but ended his days as an active Vol for Life. He was a hoot to watch on his Sunday morning coaches show. I swear he was looped sometimes. (They filmed usually on Sat night). In his playing days, he placed second in the Heisman Trophy behind Paul Hornung -ND/Green Bay Packers. I thought a lot of Coach Majors.
RIP from the Gator Nation!
Seems like every Tennessee coach's career has been ending awkwardly.
It does, doesn’t it???
Especially Kiffin’s.
Kiffen’s wife played a big part in him resigning...She was too attracted to the bright lights of Hollywood and southern California...Knoxville didn’t have the allure she wanted...
That’s one reason she divorced him...
That whole thing set the program back years.
Yep...When Mike Hamilton dumped Fulmer, he almost ruined Tennessee football...What a POS AD Hamilton was...
They would’ve been fine if they’d kept Fulmer...
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