Former ETSU, UNC coach Torbush dies aged 72
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn.– Carl Torbush, a protective expert who was successful Mack Brown as North Carolina’s head football coach after Brown’s very first tenure and later coached at East Tennessee State, has actually passed away. He was 72.
ETSU said Monday that Torbush passed away Sunday. It didn’t supply a cause of death.University President Brian Norland stated the coach would be kept in mind as a guy of vision and character and applauded him for his management and nurturing as the school rebooted football after a decade-long hiatus.”In Coach Torbush, we discovered not only an impressive coach, but likewise a guy of steadfast integrity who embodied the spirit of ETSU,”Norland said in a statement.Torbush ascended from Tar Heels defensive planner to head coach after Brown departed for Texas in December 1997 and assisted them to a 42-3 Gator Bowl rout of Virginia Tech to top an 11-1 season. UNC was 7-5 the next year with a Las Vegas Bowl triumph and Torbush was release after the 2000 campaign with a 17-18 record.His career record was 31-48, consisting of 11-22 at ETSU from 2015-17 and 3-8 at Louisiana Tech in 1987.
Brown, now in his 2nd stint at UNC, said about Torbush,”We lost a great male prematurely,”in a post
on X, formerly called Twitter. The coach added that Torbush touched lots of lives in a favorable way and enjoyed football, specifically defense. “He was the designer of among college football’s biggest defenses during the ’96 and ’97 seasons here at Carolina,”Brown added.”We send our inmost condolences to Carl’s friends and family. He will be missed out on.”The program called Torbush” a heck of a football coach,”on X and sent out condolences to Torbush’s family.Torbush was Alabama’s defensive coordinator under Dennis Franchione in 2001-02, assisting the Crimson Tide rank 3rd nationally in total defense and 5th in scoring
defense his 2nd season.His coaching stops consisted of Texas A&M, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Southeastern Louisiana, Carson-Newman, Kansas and Liberty. Torbush was also SLU’s baseball coach from 1977-79.