FILE - Retired Colorado head football coach Bill McCartney watches in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, March 9, 2019, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

FILE - Colorado coach Bill McCartney, left, is escorted off the Orange Bowl field after the Buffaloes defeated Notre Dame, 10-9, in the 57th annual Orange Bowl Classic in Miami, Jan. 1, 1991. (AP Photo/Ray Fairall, File)

FILE - Colorado University head coach Bill McCartney repositions tight end Jon Embree (80) during practice in Irvine, Calif., Dec. 26, 1985. (AP Photo/Doug Pizac, File)