Former Louisville and Tulsa coach Steve Kragthorpe has died at age 59 following a years-long battle with Parkinson’s illness, Louisville and LSU officers confirmed to the Louisville Courier-Journal.

Kragthorpe’s prolonged teaching profession started at Northern Arizona in 1990 and spanned greater than 20 years with stops as an assistant at North Texas, Boston Faculty, Texas A&M and with the NFL’s Buffalo Payments. He landed his first teaching job with Tulsa in 2003 and took a downtrodden Golden Hurricane program that hadn’t posted a successful season since 1991 to a few bowl video games in 4 years. He was inducted into the Tulsa Corridor of Fame earlier this yr.

Following his stint with Tulsa, Kragthrope spent three seasons because the coach Louisville from 2007-09, ending his teaching profession with a 44-43 report. After a yr away from soccer in 2010, Kragthorpe was employed as LSU’s offensive coordinator in 2011 however in the end stepped down from his submit following his Parkinson’s prognosis; nonetheless, he remained with the Tigers for a number of years in an off-field capability.