Former University of Kentucky head football coach Guy Morriss died Monday in Danville, Kentucky, after a six-year bout with Alzheimer's. He was 71 years old.
Morriss, who led the Wildcats from 2001-02, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2016, according to a 2017 interview with WKYT-TV. Morriss's death was first reported by Dick Gabriel of Lexington's WLAP-AM, who conducted that interview with the former coach and NFL offensive lineman, and later confirmed by a UK Athletics spokeswoman.
"His wife Jackie says he was surrounded by his loved ones and went peacefully," Gabriel wrote in a tweet Tuesday morning.