If there was ever a time to tell the story of former Auburn head football coach and former University of Georgia football player Pat Dye, it’s in the days leading up to Georgia’s visit to Auburn.

With the No. 1-ranked Georgia Bulldogs set to come to Jordan-Hare Stadium on Sept. 30, Alabama Public Television announced in a press release Thursday that its documentary “Mighty: The Life and Legacy of Pat Dye” was set to premiere Monday, Sept. 25, at 8 p.m.

“Few have done as much for Auburn as Pat Dye,” said Jimmy Rane, a member of the Auburn University Board of Trustees and a long-time friend of Dye’s.

Rane also serves as the president and CEO of Great Southern Wood Holdings, Inc. — the Abbeville-based company that Dye had supported as a spokesman and board member until his death in June 2020.

Not long after Dye died, Rane envisioned a full-length documentary that told the story of Auburn’s revered football coach. With Rane serving as the film’s producer, “Mighty” was two years in the making and features interviews with the likes of Bo Jackson, Charles Barkley, Brett Favre and Gene Stallings, as well as Dye’s college roommate and the late Vince Dooley.

The film is also set to include archival footage and clips from some of Dye’s locker room talks.

“Pat Dye was an incredible football coach – racking up 99 victories during his 12 seasons on the Plains, along with 4 SEC championships,” Rane said in the release. “He was also a man of vision. As athletic director, he pushed to expand Jordan-Hare stadium, then he pushed to move the Iron Bowl’s home game to Auburn’s home field. These were great steps for Auburn.

“But he was more than a coach. His commitment to nature is a legacy that will last for generations. These and other stories are the ones that I am so happy that people will be able to see and hear for themselves. It has been a great honor to produce this documentary.”

Production concluded last fall, when the film was first premiered at the Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center at Auburn University. Many of Dye’s family members as well as Jackson, Stallings and Dooley were in attendance for the first viewing.

Monday’s broadcast premiere will be the first time since that evening the film has been shown.

“Mighty” will also be available on the APT’s website and on the PBS App beginning on Sept. 25 and will be repeated on Sept. 28 at 8:00pm on APT.

A preview of the documentary can be seen here.