CU is allowing a statue of Bill McCartney to be placed on campus. This brings shame to my alma mater and the Boulder community. McCartney advocated for discrimination while wearing his CU attire ...

Bill McCartney is the founder of Promise Keepers, an organization that has been critical of LGBTQ rights.

He had tremendous impact through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and as a co-founder of “Promise Keepers,” one of the nation’s fastest-growing Christian organizations in the 1990s.

Bill McCartney's farewell address to Promise Keepers in 2003 in Denver. Bill McCartney had a history of disappointing me. He was also one of my greatest sources of inspiration and a mentor of sorts.

William Paul “Bill” McCartney, the esteemed former head coach of the University of Colorado football team and founder of the Promise Keepers men’s ministry, passed away on January 10, 2025 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mr. McCartney, who remains the winningest coach in Colorado history, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2013.

He left as Promise Keepers’ president in 2003 because of his wife’s health but returned five years later. As a football coach, McCartney’s impact at Colorado was immense.

He left as Promise Keepers’ president in 2003 because of his wife’s health but returned five years later.