Former New York Jets head coach Joe Walton has passed away at the age of 85, Robert Morris University announced on Sunday.
The football lifer spent seven seasons as Jets head coach from 1983 to 1989, the second-longest-tenured man at the post in franchise history.
Walton’s 111 victories are second only to Weeb Ewbank‘s 154. His 57 losses also rank second in Jets history, once again falling short of Ewbank (77).
In three playoff games with the organization, Walton’s teams went 1-2. The most painful loss of his entire regime came in Cleveland to put a stinging capper on the rollercoaster 1986 season.