Jacksonville State offensive coordinator Calvin Magee dies after heart attack
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Calvin Magee, the offensive coordinator for Jacksonville State football, died Friday from a heart attack he suffered last week. He was 59.
Magee was hired by new JSU coach Rich Rodriguez in December. He spent the 2021 season as the running backs coach at Duke.
This season would have been the fourth stint for Magee under Rodriguez. He also served as his offensive coordinator at West Virginia, Michigan and Arizona. He was the tight ends coach at Ole Miss when Rodriguez was the offensive coordinator in 2019.
JSU mourns the loss of beloved @JSUGamecockFB Offensive Coordinator Calvin Magee.
Story - https://t.co/9QgTT6ZCCZ pic.twitter.com/dr7SLYJhn2— Jacksonville State Athletics (@JSUGamecocks) May 20, 2022
"Our hearts are broken with the loss of our beloved friend Calvin Magee," Rodriguez said in a school release. "Calvin was a great husband, great father and grandfather, great coach, great friend and great man. He impacted my life and the lives of so many others in such a positive way.
"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. I miss him dearly already. I love you my brother."
Magee latched on with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 1985 out of Southern. He totaled 114 catches for 1,379 yards and 11 touchdowns with Tampa Bay.
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This article originally appeared on The Gadsden Times: Jacksonville State football: Offensive coordinator Calvin Magee dies
