Calvin Magee, a coach at JSU dies at the age of 59
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Jacksonville State University announced the death of their offensive coordinator, Calvin Magee, today. He was 59.
JSU revealed that the longtime college football coach passed away on Friday. However, they did not release the official cause of his death.
According to the Star, a couple of sources have confirmed that Magee suffered from a heart attack last week.
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JSU announced the death of their offensive coordinator, Calvin Magee at the age of 59
Rich Rodriguez, coach at New Jacksonville State addressed Calvin Magee in the release.
He started with, ‘Our hearts are broken with the loss of our beloved friend Calvin Magee.’
Rodriguez further mentioned, ‘Calvin was a great husband, great father, grandfather, great coach, a great friend, and a great man. He impacted my life and the lives of so many others in such a positive way.’
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JSU Gamecocks’ head coach continued, ‘Our thoughts and prayers are with his beautiful family- wife Rose, daughters Jade and Jasmine, son Bryson, his grandchildren, and all his friends and relatives. Our world is less, but heaven got better.’
Rodriguez later added, ‘I miss him dearly already. I love you, my brother.’
Greg Seitz, athletics director at JSU also said in the release, ‘Our hearts are broken over the loss of Coach Magee, who touched many lives in just a few months here at Jacksonville State University’.
Who was Calvin Magee?
Calvin Magee was an ex NFL tight end with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
He has worked with Rich Rodriguez in four schools. Initially, he worked as an assistant coach first at West Virginia, then Michigan and Arizona. Later he was hired by Rodriguez again for his new program at New Jacksonville State.
Back in January 2018, Magee worked as an offensive coordinator under the then-UNM head coach Bob Davie.
The Lobo’s offensive line kick-started their fall with impressive skills. They averaged 42.4 points in their first five games. However, by the end of the season, they lost the last seven games. They averaged 15.4 points per game. Furthermore, the quarterback was suffering from injuries which made Magee’s job quite difficult.
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He also took a job as tight ends coach at Ole Miss. During that time Rodriguez worked as an offensive coordinator for the Rebels.
Magee had more than two decades of experience in coaching. He stopped at South Florida, West Virginia, Michigan, Pittsburgh, Arizona, New Mexico, Ole Miss, and Duke.
Magee left behind a wife and three children.
