Dye coached Wyoming in 1980. He was the head coach at Auburn from 1981 to 1992 and also served as athletic director for Auburn from 1981 to 1991. He is a three time SEC Coach of the Year and won the Southern Conference championship in 1976 and has won four SEC championships. Dye was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005. He has also worked in broadcasting and authored the books In The Arena, War Eagle!, and After The Arena.