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.

Then, he filled stadiums again with Promise Keepers, the men’s movement that spurred millions to reaffirm commitments to Jesus, their wives and children, and their civic and social responsibilities.

(RNS) — A religious conversion in his 30s helped inspire McCartney to found Promise Keepers, which drew millions of men to events in the early 1990s. (RNS) — Bill McCartney, a former college ...

Bill McCartney, who coached Colorado to its only football national championship and founded Promise Keepers, an evangelical Christian group for “godly men,” died Jan. 10 in Boulder ...

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 ...

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

(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 ...