Bill McCartney, the former University of Colorado football coach who became a prominent religious figure in the 1990s after founding the Promise Keepers movement, died Friday at the age of 84.

(RNS) — Bill McCartney, a former college football coach who became one of the most influential religious figures in American life during the 1990s after founding the Promise Keepers movement ...

Promises, promises. Bill McCartney, the former coach of the University of Colorado football team – back when they were good – and co-founder of the Promise Keepers missionary men’s group ...

Raleigh Washington, a leader with Promise Keepers, helped his friend Bill McCartney emerge from grief after the death of his wife, Lyndi.

Bill McCartney is resigning as president of Promise Keepers, the Christian men's organization he founded 13 years ago.

Founded in 1990 under the leadership of University of Colorado football coach Bill McCartney, Promise Keepers began with a gathering of 4,200 men at the university’s event center and reached its ...

After transforming the University of Colorado’s football team, he founded the Promise Keepers, a masculine revivalist group that drew millions of supporters. By Alex Traub Bill McCartney, a ...

After his coaching career, McCartney co-founded the Christian organization "Promise Keepers." He had four children with his late wife, Lynne.

"God is still showing up and changing hearts," said McCartney, while noting that Promise Keepers' exponential growth in membership from its beginnings has leveled off. About 10,000 men and boys were ...

Bill McCartney filled stadiums as a college football coach. He led the Colorado Buffaloes for 13 seasons, winning three conference championships and one national title. Then, he filled stadiums ...

DENVER (AP) - Bill McCartney, the former college football coach who founded the faith-and-family men's group Promise Keepers, announced Tuesday he will resign as the organization's president to ...