Legendary Auburn football coach Pat Dye has passed away today. The news was first reported by 247Sports. Dye, dealing with kidney issues, was hospitalized in late May. The coach tested positive for COVID-19 while in the hospitalized but was reportedly asymptomatic. The coach responsible for the Iron Bowl being moved from Legion Field to Auburn passed away due to complications from his failing kidneys.
Former Auburn football coach Pat Dye has been hospitalized due to COVID-19 coronavirus. According to Toccoa First United Methodist Church, Dye has been hospitalized as a result of complications dealing with kidney disease. He coached at Auburn from 1981-1992 and served as athletic director during those years, he was inducted into the college football hall of fame in 2005 and the field at Jordan-Hare Stadium is named in his honor.
A lawsuit accuses former Auburn University football coach Pat Dye of causing a vehicle crash and refusing to let the other driver leave afterward.
The suit filed in Macon County on Thursday says Dye collided with a vehicle driven by Jimmie Lee McCoy Sr...
Hall of Fame coach Pat Dye is known as one of the greatest coaching figures to ever walk a sideline. He was an assistant under legendary head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant before eventually making his was to the Plains to be the head coach of the Auburn Tigers...