Former Auburn football coach Pat Dye passed away Monday at the age of 80.
Dye was battling kidney disease and also suffered from COVID-19.
After coaching at Wyoming, Dye arrived at Auburn in 1981 and coached through the 1992 season. Dye also acted as athletic director from 1981-1991.
Dye was 99-39-4 at Auburn. He won four SEC championships during his tenure at Auburn. He was named SEC Coach of the Year three times (1983, 1987 and 1988). He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005.
Dye, who was moved to Bethany House in Auburn following a stay at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, listened to phone calls on Monday morning from family, friends and former players, according to 247 sports.
His son, Pat Dye Jr., an NFL player agent, had said his father was asymptomatic to the coronavirus while battling the kidney problems.
Dye is survived by four children and nine grandchildren.
