Reports: Longtime college football assistant coach Calvin Magee suffers 'serious' heart attack
According to a report from The Anniston Star, Jacksonville State offensive coordinator Calvin Magee has suffered a heart attack. Magee has also coached at South Florida, West Virginia, Michigan, Arizona, Ole Miss, and Duke, among other stops in his coaching career that began in 1990.
“Jacksonville State offensive coordinator Calvin Magee has suffered a heart attack, and two separate sources confirmed it’s serious,” The Anniston Star tweeted.
Action Network’s Brett McMurphy tweeted a message following the report of Magee’s heart attack, saying that a friend told him that they are hoping for a “miracle.”
“Prayers for Jacksonville State OC Calvin Magee, who suffered a heart attack Sunday evening,” McMurphy tweeted. “Magee also was assistant at Duke, Ole Miss, New Mexico, Arizona, Pitt, Michigan, West Virginia & USF. Magee also played in NFL for Bucs. ‘We’re praying for a miracle,’ a close friend said.”
The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman also took to Twitter with a message for Magee following the news.
“Praying for Calvin Magee, one of the kindest people you could meet who has been a mentor to so many,” said Feldman.
Magee’s coaching career, which is set to extend to Jacksonville State next season, began in the college ranks in 1996 at USF, as he served as a tight ends coach and running backs coach from 1996-2000. He then became the running backs coach at West Virginia, and eventually became the Mountaineers’ offensive coordinator and associate head coach. In 2008, Magee was hired as Michigan’s offensive coordinator, and he held that position until 2010.
During the 2011 season, Magee was Pittsburgh’s associate head coach and co-offensive coordinator. He then held the same position at Arizona from 2012-2017. In 2018, he became New Mexico’s offensive coordinator and then went to Ole Miss to become the Rebels’ tight end coach in 2019. Magee spent the 2021 season as Duke’s running backs coach before joining Jacksonville State as an associate head coach, offensive coordinator, and tight ends coach prior to this upcoming season.