Mike McGee (American football)

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Mike McGee

McGee in 1961
No. 68
Position:	Offensive guard
Personal information
Born:	(1938-12-01)December 1, 1938 Washington, D.C., U.S.
Died:	August 16, 2019(2019-08-16) (aged 80) Montrose, Colorado, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school:	Elizabeth City (Elizabeth City, North Carolina)
College:	Duke
NFL draft:	1960 / round: 2 / pick: 14
AFL draft:	1960 / round: 1
Career history
As a player:
St. Louis Cardinals (1960–1962)
As a coach:
Duke (1963–1965) (Assistant) Wisconsin (1966) (Assistant) Minnesota (1967–1969) (Assistant) East Carolina (1970) (Head coach) Duke (1971–1978) (Head coach)
As an administrator:
Cincinnati (1980–1984) (Athletic director) USC (1984–1993) (Athletic director) South Carolina (1993–2005) (Athletic director)
Career highlights and awards
Outland Trophy (1959) First-team All-American (1959) ACC Player of the Year (1959) ACC Athlete of the Year (1960) 2× First-team All-ACC (1958, 1959)
Stats at Pro Football Reference
College Football Hall of Fame

Michael Burnette McGee (December 1, 1938 – August 16, 2019) was an American professional football player who was an offensive guard in the National Football League (NFL) who later became a successful college football coach and college athletics administrator. He was an All-American at Duke University and in 1959 won the Outland Trophy, given to the nation's best interior lineman. After playing for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1960 to 1962, he returned as an assistant coach to Duke, and then at the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, before becoming head coach at East Carolina University (1970) and Duke (1971–1978). At East Carolina, he compiled a 3–8 record, and at Duke he compiled a 37–47–4 record. His overall record as a head coach was 40–55–4. His best seasons came in 1971 and 1974, when he went 6–5. He later became athletic director at the University of Cincinnati (1980–1984), the University of Southern California (1984–1993), and the University of South Carolina (1993–2005). McGee was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1990. He died in 2019 at the age of 80.^[1]