JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Former ETSU football coach Carl Torbush has died. That announcement was made at ETSU's football media availability on Monday.
Torbush was named head coach of ETSU's football program back in 2013. He resurrected the school's football team in the fall of 2015.
He retired from coaching in December 2017. Torbush also had head coaching jobs and North Carolina and Louisiana Tech.
ETSU says more details will be released later Monday. Torbush was 72 years old.
"Coach Torbush was a classy guy," said George Quarles, ETSU's current head coach. "I knew him a long time being from Jefferson City. He actually did his student teaching for my dad at the old Jefferson High School. There wasn’t a time that I saw Coach that he didn’t talk about how my dad swung the meanest paddle he’d ever seen. Coach was one of those guys that loved people and obviously was a great football coach that did it for a long time at a high level. It’s a sad day because of the great impact that he had on so many people. It was a life well lived for sure."
The school also released a statement about his death, available online.
