Legendary Coach’s Sudden Passing Sparks Unseen Outpouring of Prayers and Mystery
Prayers are pouring in after an iconic college football coach died this week.
He was 93 years old.
A very important college football coach who helped break the color barrier in the South passed away. He died in hospice care in Omaha, Nebraska.
Bill Tate, the former coach at Wake Forest, was the first to start recruiting Black players in 1964. He died Monday night at the Josie Harper Hospice House at age 93. In 1964, Tate was asked by the school’s president if he wanted to start recruiting Black players. He did not hesitate.
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