Johnny Majors Passed Away

[GetEmVols]

2020 is just relentless

Betty White is sweating bricks I’m sure.

 

['Boro-vol]

Heartbroken....he is a legend, and I’ve always considered him my Tennessee coach. I grew up a fan under Johnny, and he was the coach while I was in College.

It’s not unexpected, but I’m gutted.

 

[GoBigOrange2008]

RIP Coach Majors

 

[volfanjustin]

Betty White is sweating bricks I’m sure.

At this point I am too and I'm only 38

 

[savannahfan]

Johnny Majors has passed. A true legend to the game.

My "like" is not a reference to Coach Majors passing away. Just for his being a true legend.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

Coach Majors was Orange to the bone and he will be missed. My thoughts and prayers go out to Coach Majors family and friends.

 

[Volunteer_Kirby]

Sad day. RIP to one the best to ever don the orange and white. I hope he was greeted with his Heisman trophy up there.

 

[brubaker]

I hope he looked up last night and saw that big orange moon... This one really hurts

 

[Dudleys87]

Seems like just yesterday he was on the 50 and looked to be in good health

 

[HarderKnox59]

Coach Majors. He did it his own way. RIP Coach.

 

[mmmjtx]

Sad news. Tennessee legend.

 

[007Racer]

Coach Johnny Majors played at Moore Co. high school. His dad Shirley, coached at Huntland, at which the field is name for him. Can you imagine playing against your Dads' coached team. Coach Johnny came by one day, while we were practicing, I coached Pee Wee football at Huntland for 23 yrs, and he gave a speech to our football teams. He ended it by telling the teams to always, "Hit em high, Hit em low, and Hit em continuously"! I'll always remember that day. R.I.P. coach.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

 

[patrick]

John Majors passing - sad, sad day.

 

[Unconditional Surrender]

Majors and Ward within a year of each other. Man.

Edit: this is fake news. Ward died in 2018. Seems more recent.

 

[orangepenez]

A true Tennessee volunteer legend who symbolized what it means to be a vol and inspired thousands, me included, to weave the fabric of vol fandom into the core of their being. RIP Coach.

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

Too much bad news in 2020. Coach Majors did so much for Tennessee.

 

[GameTime]

Hell of a good guy...RIP

 

[coffeevol]

Hope there is bourbon in heaven, I can just see him and ole John Prine telling the tall ones. Eff you 2020

 

[GulfCoasterVol]

Johnny Majors has passed. A true legend to the game.

"45" THE REAL JOHNNY FOOTBALL !

 

[tn4elvis]

Some of my favorite memories of Tennessee football happened with coach Majors on the sidelines. RIP coach you are going to be missed.

 

[Boca Vol]

This should be required viewing for all Vol fans. Typical Coach Majors:

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

Heartbroken....he is a legend, and I’ve always considered him my Tennessee coach. I grew up a fan under Johnny, and he was the coach while I was in College.

It’s not unexpected, but I’m gutted.

I'll always remember watching Johnny coaching the Volunteers on Saturday and watching the Johnny Majors show on Sunday. I'm crying more than I have in a long,long time.

 

[malinoisvol]

RIP CJM

 

[NighthawkVol]

This one hurts. I was always a big fan of Mr. John Majors.

Same. I feel like I lost a family member. My dad played for his father Shirley Majors at Sewanee and I knew the family as a child. Used to bird hunt with Coach Shirley Majors and Larry when I was little. I still have a softball and glove that Shirley gave me. But as a child of the 80s growing up in Tennessee, Johnny Majors was and is Tennessee football.

This one hurts.