Bill McCartney

**William Paul McCartney** (22 ga Agusta, 1940 - 10 ga Janairu, 2025) kocin ƙwallon ƙafa ne na kwaleji na Amurka wanda ya kasance babban kocin Colorado Buffaloes na tsawon shekaru 13 ( 1982 - 1994 ). Ya tattara rikodin 93–55–5 (.624), kuma ya lashe kofuna uku a jere na Big Eight Conference ( 1989 – 1991 ). Ƙungiyar McCartney ta 1990 ta sami lambar yabo a matsayin zakarun ƙasa ta hanyar Associated Press, inda ta raba gasar da Georgia Tech, wacce ita ce ta farko a zaɓen ƙarshe na masu horarwa . An shigar da shi cikin Kwalejin Kwallon Kafa ta Shahararru a matsayin koci a 2013.

A shekarar 1990, McCartney ya kafa ƙungiyar Promise Keepers, wata ƙungiya mai zaman kanta ta Kiristocin Evangelical da ke adawa da auren jinsi ɗaya .

## Rayuwar farko da aiki
Bayan ya sami digirinsa na farko a fannin ilimi daga Jami'ar Missouri a shekarar 1962, inda ya kasance memba na ƙungiyar Pi Kappa Alpha,  An naɗa McCartney a matsayin mataimakin kocin ƙwallon ƙafa a ƙarƙashin babban ɗan'uwansa, Tom, a lokacin bazara na 1965 a Makarantar Sakandare ta Holy Redeemer da ke Detroit, Michigan .  Ƙaramin McCartney shi ma ya kasance babban kocin ƙwallon kwando a Redeemer daga 1965 zuwa 1969, inda ya kai makarantar Gasar Cin Kofin Detroit City a lokacin kakar 1968-69.  Daga nan McCartney ya yi aiki a matsayin babban kocin ƙwallon ƙafa da ƙwallon kwando a Makarantar Sakandare ta Divine Child da ke Dearborn inda ya lashe gasar wasanni ta jiha a ƙwallon ƙafa (1971, 1973) da ƙwallon kwando (1973).  Ya zama kocin makarantar sakandare kaɗai da babban kocin Jami'ar Michigan Bo Schembechler ya ɗauke shi aiki lokacin da aka ɗauke shi aiki a 1974 a matsayin kocin ƙarshen tsaro .  A shekarar 1977, an ƙara masa matsayi a matsayin mai kula da tsaron gida bayan tafiyar Gary Moeller zuwa Illinois . 

## Babban koci a Colorado
Bayan shekaru takwas a matsayin mataimakinsa a Michigan, an ɗauki McCartney aiki don maye gurbin Chuck Fairbanks a matsayin babban kocin Jami'ar Colorado Boulder a ranar 9 ga Yuni, 1982. [1] [2] [3] [4] A kakar wasa ta farko, Colorado Buffaloes ta tattara rikodin 2–8–1. Bayan ta inganta zuwa 4–7 a 1983, Colorado ta ci gaba da kakar wasa ta 1–10 a 1984, amma duk da haka an ba McCartney ƙarin kwangila. A kakar wasa ta huɗu a 1985, McCartney ya koma bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida a bazara, [5] sannan ya jagoranci Buffs zuwa kakar wasa ta yau da kullun 7–4 da kuma damar shiga Freedom Bowl, inda suka sha kashi a hannun Washington .

A shekara mai zuwa, Buffaloes sun yi kunnen doki da Nebraska don lashe gasar Big Eight kuma sun sha kashi a hannun Alabama a gasar Blockbuster Bowl . A shekarar 1992, Colorado ta yi nasara da ci 9-1-1 a kakar wasa ta yau da kullun, amma ta sha kashi a hannun Syracuse a gasar Fiesta Bowl . A shekarar 1994, shekarar ƙarshe ta McCartney, ya horar da Buffaloes zuwa nasara a Michigan, inda McCartney ya shafe shekaru takwas a matsayin mataimakinsa. Colorado ta lashe wasan da ci 27-26 a kan ƙwallon Hail Mary mai tsawon yadi 64 daga Kordell Stewart zuwa Michael Westbrook yayin da lokaci ya ƙare, wanda tun daga lokacin ya zama sananne a matsayin The Miracle at Michigan .  Buffaloes sun buga rikodin 11-1 a 1994, wanda ya ƙare da nasara a kan Notre Dame a gasar Fiesta Bowl . A ƙarshen kakar wasa ta 1994, McCartney ya yi ritaya daga horarwa yana da shekaru 54. 

## Ma'aikatar
A shekarar 1990, yayin da yake babban kocin ƙwallon ƙafa a Colorado, McCartney ya kafa wata ƙungiyar maza ta Kiristoci marasa goyon baya, Promise Keepers .  Ya damu da cewa maza suna ficewa daga Kiristanci kuma suna lalata tushen dangin Amurka .  Taro na maza da ƙungiyar ta shirya sau da yawa yana jawo hankalin mutane dubu-dubu. A shekarar 1997, a lokacin da ƙungiyar ta shahara sosai, kimanin maza miliyan ɗaya sun zo National Mall don taron ƙungiyar.  A lokacin, an bayyana shi a matsayin "ɗaya daga cikin farfaɗowar addini mafi sauri a tarihin Amurka." Duk da haka, watanni kaɗan bayan haka, ƙungiyar ta durƙushe ta hanyar kuɗi kuma ta sallami dukkan ma'aikatanta. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
McCartney yana zaune tare da matarsa, Lyndi, a yankin Denver . Suna da 'ya'ya huɗu ('ya'ya maza uku da 'ya mace ɗaya) da jikoki goma, ɗaya daga cikinsu ( TC McCartney, tsohon ɗan wasan tsakiya na LSU ) ɗan tsohon ɗan wasa ne Sal Aunese .  Ɗan McCartney, Mike, wakilin wasanni ne na ƙwallon ƙafa, wanda ya yi ciniki da kwangilar shekaru uku ta Kirk Cousins mai cikakken garantin dala miliyan 84 wanda shine farkon garantin da aka tabbatar kuma, kamar yadda aka sanya hannu, kwangilar da ta fi biyan kuɗi a tarihin NFL.   Wani jika, Derek, wani tsohon ɗan wasa Shannon Clavelle ne ya haifa masa.      

Kafin bikin Fiesta Bowl na 1993, McCartney ya shaida wa matarsa cewa ya yi zina shekaru 20 da suka gabata.  Daga baya Lyndi ta sha wahala daga tsananin bulimia kuma ta yi tunanin kashe kanta, wanda hakan ya sa McCartney ya yi ritaya daga horarwa a 1994.  Lyndi ta mutu sakamakon cutar emphysema da ta haifar sakamakon shan taba shekaru da dama a 2013. 

An haife shi a Katolika,  Daga baya McCartney ya zama Furotesta kuma ya halarci Cocin Cornerstone da ke Boulder, Colorado .

A shekarar 2016, iyalan McCartney sun sanar da cewa an gano yana da cutar hauka da kuma cutar Alzheimer .    McCartney ya mutu sakamakon matsalolin hauka a gidansa da ke Boulder a ranar 10 ga Janairu, 2025, yana da shekaru 84.  

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