FAYETTEVILLE — Johnny Majors, who as an assistant coach helped Arkansas to its only football national championship, reportedly died Wednesday at his home in Knoxville, Tenn. He was 85.
In a blog post, Tennessee radio host Jimmy Hyams posted a statement attributed to Majors' wife, Mary Lynn. "He spent his last hours doing something he dearly loved: looking out over his cherished Tennessee River," she said.
The Tennesseean reported it confirmed the death through Jackie Sherrill, one of Majors' former assistant coaches and friends.
Majors was a College Football Hall of Famer who won 185 games in 29 seasons at Iowa State, Pittsburgh and Tennessee.