Legacy
Mauer died in Knoxville on December 20, 1978; he was 77 years old. He was survived by his wife Grace and their two sons.
Mauer was the first, and to date the only, person to serve as the head coach in the same sport at three different SEC universities. His winning percentage as the Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball head coach remains the best of the modern era; his winning percentage as the Kentucky Wildcats' head is still among the program's five best of the modern era. Mauer was posthumously inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.
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