Patrick Fain Dye was born on November 6,1939 Fain Dye? Patrick Fake Death
Pat Dye was a first-team All-SEC lineman and two-time All-American in 1959 and 1960 while playing for the Georgia Bulldogs.
From 1960 - 1963 Pat Dye played as a linebacker for the Edmonton Eskimos in the Canadian Football League.
Pat Dye began his coaching career in 1965 at the University of Alabama. He was staffed under coach Paul "Bear" Bryant.
In 1973 Coach Dye got his first head coaching job at East Carolina University. Dye's his 72.4% win rate is still the highest of any coach in East Carolina University history.
In 1979 Dye has a difference of opinion with the East Carolina A.D. and President. In Dye's own words “I didn’t want to release a player. We had a kid who played backup quarterback and had gone through the entire spring and then decided he wanted to transfer to Duke. I didn’t want him going there and running their scout team all fall when we had to line up and open the season for them. But, the Athletic Director and the President released him anyway. They decided to release him against my wishes and, actually, I didn’t even know that they did it.” A valid reason for not wanting to let a kid transfer. But, was the kids decision based on academic reasons or sports? If he was going to be a back up QB at either institution, maybe it was an academic decision. Pirate Time Machine
In 1980 Coach Dye took the head coaching job at the University of Wyoming. Dye has an impressive, by Wyoming standards, 6-5 season.
1981 Dye leaves Wyoming for the head coaching job at Auburn. Coach Dye says that the A.D. at Wyoming failed to get his signature on his contract, so it was well within his rights to take the job at Auburn. All those Auburn comments about Nick Saban don't seem hypocritical at all now, do they?
In 1982 Auburn beats Alabama for the first time in a decade.
In 1982 Pat Dye also took on the role as Auburn's Athletic Director.
In 1989 Dye successfully moved the Iron Bowl from legion field to Auburn.
1990 Dye's Auburn Tigers started the season expected to have a shot at a national championship, they finished the season at 8-3-1.
Friday, September 27, 1991, Eric Ramsey bust the Auburn pay for play scam wide open in a Sixty Minutes interview. Ramsey claims to have over 70 audio tapes of Auburn coaches, boosters, and staff in relation to pay for play. Pat Dye refused to comment on the scandal, referring inquires to his attorneys. Ramsey Tapes
October 1992, Pat Dye finally acknowledged that he did know about the illegal payments to Ramsey.
After an NCAA investigation the following findings were made:
1. During a December 1989 visit by the student-athlete to the representative's residence, the representative provided between $400 and $500 cash and four new tires (approximate value of $350) for the young man's automobile.
2. During a February 1990 telephone conversation, the representative directed the student-athlete to mail his two delinquent car payment coupons to the representative. Subsequent to this telephone conversation, the young man mailed the coupons to the representative; and on February 20, 1990, the representative paid $299 and $278.88 to satisfy the debt utilizing money orders purchased near the representative's business.
3. In February 1990, the representative visited the young man's residence in Auburn where he provided between $100 and $200 cash to the student-athlete. In the spring of 1990, the representative [Page 9] provided $1,200 cash to a relative, who drove to the student-athlete's residence where he provided $1,200 cash to the young man.
4. During a December 1990 visit by the student-athlete to the representative's office, the representative provided $540 cash to the young man, of which $500 was a Christmas gift and $40 was to purchase gasoline.
5. Following the 1990 Hall of Fame Bowl game, the representative provided $100 cash to the student-athlete for the young man's performance in the game. Subsequent to the Hall of Fame Bowl game and prior to the 1990 football season, the representative and the student-athlete discussed a bonus payment system based upon the young man's performance in football games (e.g., big hits, touchdowns and interceptions). As a result of this agreement, the representative provided cash totaling at least $700 to the student-athlete after 1990 home football contests.
6. In the spring of 1991, following the completion of the young man's eligibility, the representative visited the student-athlete's trailer home and placed at least $250 in cash inside a trailer apartment sign. Thereafter, the representative telephoned the student-athlete and instructed the young man to look behind the trailer sign for the cash.
Dye resigned as Auburn football coach after the 1992 season. Auburn hired Terry Bowden to replace him. Bowden later said about the incident: "Then the Eric Ramsey thing hit. One day Katherine sticks her head in my office door and says, “Dye is leaving and my dad wants you to be coach at Auburn .” Dye resigned a week later. Lowder made him resign because Lowder was sure Auburn was going to get the death penalty if he didn’t resign."
Auburn was under no obligation to disassociate with Pat Dye after the scandal. However, it was reported that Tommy Tuberville and Pat Dye did not see eye to eye. Dye said that he did not feel welcome around Tuberville.
September 18, 2005 Auburn names its football field after Pat Dye.
September 18, 2005 Auburn names its football field after Pat Dye.
December 4th 2008, Tommy Tuberville "resigns" as Auburn's head football coach after 10 years. Many would say his time at Auburn, his undefeated season and record 6 straight wins over Alabama make him an equal if not better coach than Pat Dye. Dye did not feel welcome around Tuberville. This, along with one bad season, and Tuberville's closing in on Dye's status as Auburn's greatest coach got him canned.
Pat Dye is directly involved in the hiring of Gene Chizik as Auburn's new football coach. Dye writes an open letter about the hire to the Auburn family. It reads:
Auburn Family,
I woke up this morning with Auburn on my mind, which is not surprising since I went to sleep with Auburn on my mind.
This is a very emotional time for the Auburn family. We all have our own opinions about what is best for Auburn and about the impact that Auburn decisions will have on our lives.
I don't expect everyone who reads this to agree with everything I say, but I just want you to know what I feel in my heart. This time of transition we are going through now reminds me of the time in 1981 when I walked into a room full of football players who had many questions and doubts about me coming in as the new head football coach.
Their frustration showed in their faces, and anxiety was in their eyes because of the unknown. I had a simple message: Whether they had come to Auburn for the right reasons or the wrong reasons, they had chosen to get their education and to play football at Auburn University, which would lay the foundation for the rest of their lives.
I told them that Auburn had chosen me and that I had chosen Auburn. I asked them as a team to be loyal to Auburn and to love Auburn. I said that I would also be loyal to Auburn and would love Auburn, and this loyalty and love would be our common ground which would lay the foundation that would serve Auburn for many years to come.
There is a lot of misinformation out there right now. The media people have their jobs to do and should have our respect for doing those jobs. But unless an individual has served as president of a major university, has been on the board of trustees of a major university, or has been athletic director or head football coach at a major university, it is hard to grasp how the people in these positions make the decisions that affect so many.
Unless you have walked in their shoes, you cannot begin to understand all that is involved in the process of making these decisions.
In addressing the current situation pertaining to our Athletic Director, Jay Jacobs, and his decision to hire Gene Chizik as our new Head Coach, I applaud all parties involved in the process for allowing Jay Jacobs to do his job.
Nobody is more qualified to make this decision than Jay. He is a true Auburn man to the bone and understands better than anybody the kind of man we need to lead our football program into the future. Gene Chizik is that man.
Because of the years I was involved in football – as a player, an assistant coach, a head coach, and as a part of teams that won championships at every level – I learned something about winning. One thing I am sure of is that I know what it takes to win. Teams where everyone played with the same heartbeat had a chance to win championships; teams that were not able to play like that never reached their full potential.
We don't need to worry about what is going on around us. We only need to be concerned about what is going on at Auburn. And being the best we can be at Auburn will take care of what is going on around us. We are an Auburn family. Let's see if we can play with the same heartbeat.
I know winning is important to the Auburn people. But so is character. Jay Jacobs has it and so does Gene Chizik. Now we'll see if they can win. They are our team. I like it. War Eagle.
Coach Pat Dye
December 19, 2008 Pat Dye says he feels more welcome in the Auburn football Building than he has in years. He is speaking to the team and dealing with players again. Welcome to Auburn its Dye Country Again. Al.com
November 4, 2010 ESPN breaks the story of possible pay for play violations in the recruiting of Cam Newton. Almost two years from Dye getting involved in Auburn athletics again.
November 23, 2010 Pat Dye defends Cam Newton saying he is a good young man. Orlando Sentinal
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