Archie Manning, former Ole Miss quarterback and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, released a statement regarding the passing of Johnny Majors and Pat Dye.
“We lost two legends this week with the passing of College Football Hall of Fame inductees Pat Dye and Johnny Majors,” Manning said in a National Football Foundation press release. “Both were fierce competitors, but they knew how to leave it all on the field. Off the field, they had a deep passion for impacting the countless young men who they coached. Their memories will live on in those young men.
“I feel blessed to have known them both personally, and I will miss them both, especially at the NFF Annual Awards Dinner each December.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with their families, friends and the schools where they coached and played.”
Majors served as Tennessee’s head coach from 1977-92 and played for the Vols from 1953-56. He won the Southeastern Conference championship in 1985, 1989 and 1990. The former Vol was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1987.
Dye was head coach at Auburn from 1981-91, winning the SEC championship in 1983, 1987, 1988 and 1989. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005.