{"id":373419,"date":"2026-07-15T01:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T01:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/373419\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T01:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T01:48:10","slug":"janice-mcnair-co-founder-of-houston-texans-and-senior-chair-dies-at-age-89-on-tuesday-family-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/373419\/","title":{"rendered":"Janice McNair, co-founder of Houston Texans and Senior Chair dies at age 89 on Tuesday, family says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Janice McNair, the co-founder of the Houston Texans and senior chair of the organization, has passed away, the team announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In a social media post, the Texans said McNair passed away at the age of 89, surrounded by her family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Mom was exceptional. She exuded kindness, radiated joy, had an endless amount of hope and love, and lived an incredible life centered around faith, family, philanthropy and football,&#8221; Texans Chair and CEO Cal McNair, Janice&#8217;s son, said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">McNair, who was a breast cancer survivor, grew up in South Carolina and was active in sports and student government before graduating from Columbia College.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Texans co-founder and her husband, <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/bob-mcnair-owner-of-houston-texans-passes-away-at-81\/4749196\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the late Bob McNair<\/a>, moved to Houston in 1960 and started several of their philanthropic efforts within the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Janice served as the director of the Robert and Janice McNair Foundation, the Houston Texans Foundation, and the Robert and Janice McNair Educational Foundation. Her commitment to helping others extended past sports, including educational and medical research.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">She co-founded the Texans with her husband in 1999 before their initial expansion in 2002.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In 2025, she was the fourth member inducted into the Texans Ring of Honor, where the organization and fans thanked her for her contributions to bringing football back to the Bayou City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Several members of the Texans organization shared statements regarding her passing. Head coach DeMeco Ryans lauded Mrs. McNair and reminisced about meeting her during his playing days, along with her welcoming him back to the team in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Mrs. McNair was an incredible woman who will be deeply missed. As a player, she and Mr. McNair built an organization that felt like a family, and it was a true honor to play for them. I will always remember the day I came home to Houston in 2023. Mrs. McNair welcomed me back into the Texans family with open arms and her signature warm smile,&#8221; Ryans said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">She is survived by her four children, 16 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Janice McNair, the co-founder of the Houston Texans and senior chair of the organization,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[132110,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-373419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-132110","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}