Overview
- The University of South Carolina announced his death Monday, and the Spartanburg County coroner reported he died while in hospice care.
- Officials have not released a specific cause of death, though his family and several reports said he had been battling cancer.
- Taneyhill holds school career records with 753 completions and 62 touchdown passes and ranks second with 8,782 passing yards.
- He led South Carolina to its first bowl victory in the 1994 Carquest Bowl and was inducted into the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006.
- After his playing career he coached Chesterfield High to three straight state championships, owned businesses in Columbia and Spartanburg, and recently urged USC to honor former players; funeral arrangements are pending.