Former University of Portland football Hall of Famer and longtime college coach Jim Sweeney died on Friday. He was 83 years old. Sweeney was a member of Portland's final football team in 1950 and was included into the Athletics Hall of Fame in 1993.

Sweeney won a total of 200 games in 32 years as head coach at Montana State, Washington State and Fresno State. Check out the Fresno Bee story on Sweeney by clicking here.