Patrick Fain Dye was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
21 Facts About Pat Dye
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Pat Dye served as the athletic director at Auburn from 1981 to 1991 and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2005.
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Pat Dye placed second in the state tournament in shot-put and javelin, on the state championship track team.
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Pat Dye was a two-way starter at offensive guard and linebacker, SEC Lineman of the Year in 1960, team co-captain in 1960, won the William K Jenkins Award for the Most Valuable Lineman, and the JB Whitworth Award for the Outstanding Georgia Lineman 1960.
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Pat Dye helped lead the team to the SEC Championship and the Orange Bowl in 1959, undefeated as a player against Georgia Tech.
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Pat Dye played in 3 All-Star games: the Blue Gray Classic, Senior Bowl, and Coaches All-American Game in 1960.
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Pat Dye's first coaching job came as an assistant head coach at the University of Alabama in 1965, under Bear Bryant.
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Pat Dye served as a defensive assistant at Alabama through the 1973 season.
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Pat Dye moved into his first head coaching job at East Carolina University in 1974.
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Pat Dye guided the Pirates to the Southern Conference championship in 1976 and posted at least seven wins in all six seasons in Greenville.
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In 2006, Pat Dye was inducted into the East Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame.
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In 1980, Pat Dye took over for one season as head coach at the University of Wyoming.
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Consequently, when Auburn hired Pat Dye to be their new head coach, Wyoming had no recourse to demand compensation for Auburn hiring him away.
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Pat Dye received SEC Coach of the Year honors in 1983,1987 and 1988.
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Pat Dye was Auburn's athletic director from 1981 to 1991, a perk Ralph "Shug" Jordan did not enjoy during his 25-year tenure, which saw the stadium named in his honor.
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Pat Dye coached 1985 Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson, as well as Tracy Rocker, winner of both the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award in 1988.
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The NCAA found that Pat Dye was not personally responsible for rules violations, but that he should have known about and prevented them.
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In 2005, Pat Dye was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
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From 2013 until 2020, Dye hosted "The Coach Pat Dye Show" with co-host Tim Ellen and producer Lynn Huggins.
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On May 21,2020, Pat Dye was hospitalized in Atlanta for kidney-related problems.
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Pat Dye died at a hospice care facility in Auburn on June 1,2020, from kidney and liver failure complications.