George MacIntyre George W . MacIntyre ( born April 30 , 1939 ) is a former American football player and coach . He served as the head coach at the University of Tennessee at Martin from 1975 to 1977 and at Vanderbilt University from 1979 to 1985 , compiling a career college football record of 43 – 66 – 1 . At Vanderbilt in 1982 , he won the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award . Biography . MacIntyre graduated from Andrew Jackson High School in Jacksonville , Florida in 1957 and played quarterback on the school football team . He then was quarterback at the University of Miami for the 1958 season . MacIntyre sat out the 1957 season due to a broken wrist and served as a backup to All - America quarterback Fran Curci in 1958 and 1959 and to Eddie Johns in 1960 . For the 1960 season , MacIntyre also was the holder for field goals . In Miami ' s final game of 1960 , against Air Force , MacIntyre successfully threw a touchdown pass as part of a fake field goal . This play contributed to Miami ' s 23 - 14 victory and earned MacIntyre the nickname " The Finger " . After graduating from Miami , MacIntyre became an assistant football coach at Terry Parker High School in Jacksonville in 1961 and 1963 and served in the military in 1962 . In 1964 , MacIntyre became a football recruiting administrator at the University of Miami . He would stay at Miami until 1967 and would join the University of Tampa football coaching staff as defensive coordinator in 1968 . From 1970 to 1972 , MacIntyre was the defensive back coach at Clemson and then was assistant coach for Vanderbilt from 1973 to 1974 . The 1974 Peach Bowl between Vanderbilt and Texas Tech ended with a 6 - 6 tie . MacIntyre took his first head coaching position in 1975 with UT Martin and would remain head coach with UT Martin until 1977 . In three seasons , MacIntyre had an overall 18 – 14 record with UT Martin , with a 2 - 8 record in 1975 and 8 - 3 records in both 1976 and 1977 . In 1978 , MacIntyre was offensive coordinator for Ole Miss ( the University of Mississippi ) . MacIntyre again became a head coach in 1979 , this time with Vanderbilt , having previously been an assistant coach for Vanderbilt from 1973 to 1974 . Following three losing seasons ( 1 – 10 in 1979 , 2 – 9 in 1980 , and 4 – 7 in 1981 ) , Vanderbilt went 8 – 4 in 1982 and earned a berth in the Hall of Fame Classic Bowl . This would be Vanderbilt ' s only winning season with MacIntyre as coach , and MacIntyre would have an overall 25 – 52 – 1 record as Vanderbilt head coach from 1979 to 1985 . After the 1985 season , MacIntyre resigned from Vanderbilt , blaming the " continuing rise in academic standards , both in admissions and in the retaining of student athletes " for Vanderbilt ' s losing seasons . After leaving Vanderbilt , MacIntyre led a company that provided summer sales employment to college athletes until 1991 , when he became head football coach and interim headmaster of Donelson Christian Academy in Nashville , the city where Vanderbilt is located . MacIntyre returned to Jacksonville in 1993 as the head coach at the Episcopal School of Jacksonville and worked his final coaching position as running backs coach at Liberty University . In 1999 , MacIntyre retired from coaching after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis . MacIntyre ' s son George Michael " Mike " MacIntyre became head coach of Colorado on December 10th , 2012 .