Former University of Maryland and Virginia Tech football coach Jerry Claiborne, who built the Terrapins into a powerhouse in the 1970s, died early yesterday morning of a heart attack. He was 72.

This year marks 40 years since College Football Hall of Famer Jerry Claiborne guided his alma mater to a 9-3 record with a dramatic win over Wisconsin in the Hall of Fame Classic. This weekend ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Jerry Claiborne, a former Kentucky player and coach who was elected into college football’s Hall of Fame last month, died of a heart attack Sunday at Vanderbilt University ...

Has it really been more than a half-century since he was a hard-hitting defensive back as an undergraduate at Virginia Tech, playing for Jerry Claiborne? We talked to Beamer recently.

At 6-3 and 275 pounds, he has caught the eye of Terps Head Coach Jerry Claiborne.

The first few lines of Jerry Claiborne’s College Football Hall of Fame profile read: “Jerry Claiborne was famous for three things. He was a winner. He took over washed-up programs and gave ...

Kentucky football coach Jerry Claiborne was carried off the field after his team defeated Wisconsin 20-19 in the Hall of Fame Bowl in Birmingham, Ala., on Dec. 29, 1984. Ron Garrison Herald-Leader ...

This was the week that Kentucky wanted to resemble a contender. The Wildcats won, manhandling Cincinnati 27-7, but, alas, some pretender showed through, too. Afterward, Jerry Claiborne's ...

I was a wide-eyed teenager as I excitedly watched the Charley Pell-coached Florida Gators play the Jerry Claiborne-coached Maryland Terrapins in the 1980 Tangerine Bowl.

— Jerry Claiborne, then an assistant at Alabama, after Sam “Bam” Cunningham led USC to a 42-21 romp over the all-white Crimson Tide in Birmingham in 1970.