Editing Dan Devine (section)

==Later life and death==
Upon retiring, Devine moved back to [[Arizona]] and became a fundraiser for Arizona State's Sun Devil Foundation. In 1985, he was elected to the [[College Football Hall of Fame]], later returning to his old school at Missouri in 1992 as athletic director to help navigate the school through financial troubles. Devine was inducted into the inaugural class of the University of Minnesota Duluth Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://umdbulldogs.com/hof.aspx?hof=12&path=&kiosk|title = Dan Devine (1991) – UMD Athletic Hall of Fame}}</ref>

In 2000, Devine's wife died. His own health began to deteriorate in February 2001, when after undergoing [[heart surgery]], Devine suffered a ruptured [[aorta]]. Fifteen months later, on May 9, 2002, he died at home at the age of 77.<ref>{{cite news |last=Litsky |first=Frank |date=May 10, 2002 |title=Dan Devine, Football Coach, Is Dead at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/10/sports/dan-devine-football-coach-is-dead-at-77.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=February 9, 2014 }}</ref>