Rich McGeorge, the assistant offensive line coach for the Miami Dolphins from 1993-99, died Saturday in Durham, N.C., at 77, according to the National Football Foundation.
McGeorge’s tenure had him with the Dolphins for the final three years of Hall of Fame coach Don Shula’s career and then, surviving the turnover to Hall of Fame coach Jimmy Johnson to coach with him for his four-year run before both departed Miami.
McGeorge is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, having starred at Elon College in North Carolina, and was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the first round of the 1970 NFL draft.
He started 101 games for the Packers in his nine-year career.