On the day Jack “Cy” McClairen died, Bethune-Cookman University athletics director Lynn W. Thompson said something very profound.
“His DNA,” Thompson said, “is woven through the history of this great quilt we call Bethune-Cookman.”
This is certainly true, but Cy McClairen isn’t just part of the Bethune-Cookman quilt, he’s one of the colossal figures who sewed it and seamed it and was the binding stitch that has helped hold the fabric together throughout history.
McClairen, the father, the son and the galloping ghost of B-CU athletics, passed away earlier this week at the age of 89.