1. Reuben LaVell Edwards was an American college football head coach for Brigham Young University.
10 Facts About LaVell Edwards
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LaVell Edwards played football for Utah State University and earned a master's degree at the University of Utah prior to coaching at BYU, where he earned his doctorate.
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LaVell Edwards was BYU's head football coach from 1972 to 2000.
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LaVell Edwards had previously served as an assistant coach from 1962 to 1971.
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LaVell Edwards started coaching in an era when college football offenses were dominated by strong running attacks.
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LaVell Edwards's quarterbacks threw over 11,000 passes for more than 100,000 yards and 635 touchdowns.
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LaVell Edwards got the idea to switch to a pass oriented team by looking at BYU's history.
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LaVell Edwards coached prominent quarterbacks such as Steve Young, Jim McMahon, Ty Detmer, Marc Wilson, Robbie Bosco, Gary Scheide, Gifford Nielsen and Steve Sarkisian.
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LaVell Edwards received the Amos Alonzo Stagg Award, presented by the American Football Coaches Association, in 2003.
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LaVell Edwards suffered a broken hip on December 24,2016, and died five days later at his home in Provo on December 29, at the age of 86.