Timothy Chase “TC” McCartney was born on April 24, 1989. TC was the son of Coach Mac’s daughter, Kristy, and the Buffs’ quarterback at the time, Sal Aunese. “From the time Timmy was born ...

Kristy, had children with two players on his team, including quarterback Sal Aunese, who was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 1989 and died six months later at 21. In 1997, Mr. McCartney’s wife ...

After transforming the University of Colorado’s football team, he founded the Promise Keepers, a masculine revivalist group that drew millions of supporters. By Alex Traub Bill McCartney, a ...

Before the 1989 football season, news broke that McCartney’s 19-year-old daughter, Kristy, was pregnant—and that Colorado football player Sal Aunese, who tragically died of cancer that fall ...

Derek’s brother, T.C. McCartney, was a quarterback at LSU and is the son of late Colorado quarterback Sal Aunese, who played for Bill McCartney in 1987 and ’88 before being diagnosed with ...