Pat Dye
| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 6, 1939 Blythe, Georgia |
| Playing career | |
| 1958–1960 | Georgia |
| 1961–1962 | Edmonton Eskimos |
| Position(s) | Defensive guard, linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1965–1973 | Alabama (LB) |
| 1974–1979 | East Carolina |
| 1980 | Wyoming |
| 1981–1992 | Auburn |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1981–1991 | Auburn |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 153–62–5 |
| Bowls | 7–2–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 SoCon (1976) 4 SEC (1983, 1987, 1988, 1989) |
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| Awards | |
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All-American, 1959 3x SEC Coach of the Year (1983, 1987, 1988) |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2005 (profile) |
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Patrick Fain Dye (born November 6, 1939) is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at East Carolina University (1974–1979), the University of Wyoming (1980), and Auburn University (1981–1992) compiling a career college football record of 153–62–5. He served as the athletic director at Auburn from 1981 to 1991 and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2005.
Pat Dye played high school football at Richmond Academy where he was selected All-American and All-State while leading the team to the 1956 3A state championship serving as team captain. Following this success, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution selected Dye as Georgia's 3A Lineman of the Year for 1956 before being recruited to the University of Georgia. While playing for the Bulldogs under head coach Wally Butts, Dye was a first-team All-SEC lineman and two-time All-American (1959 and 1960). The Atlanta Touchdown Club named him the SEC's Most Valuable Lineman in 1960. Upon graduation from Georgia, Dye played three years of professional football as a linebacker for the Edmonton Eskimos in the Canadian Football League.
Dye's first coaching job came as an assistant head coach at the University of Alabama in 1965, under Bear Bryant. Dye served as a defensive assistant at Alabama through the 1973 season.
Dye moved into his first head coaching job at East Carolina University in 1974. Over six seasons, he achieved a record of 48–18–1. He guided the Pirates to the Southern Conference championship in 1976 and posted at least seven wins in all six seasons in Greenville. In 2006, Dye was inducted into the East Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame. As of 2006, his 72.4% win rate is the second highest of any coach in East Carolina University history.
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