Legendary BYU football coach LaVell Edwards received the Football Bowl Association Champions Award Monday night. The announcement was made during an on-field presentation at the Tostitos BCS National Championship game.
"LaVell Edwards served as the BYU head coach for nearly 30 years and led the Cougars to 22 bowl appearances. It is my honor and privilege to present him with the FBA's Champions Award for his distinguished service and dedication to his university, his student-athletes and to postseason college football," said Tina Kunzer-Murphy, chair of the FBA and executive director of the MAACO Bowl Las Vegas.
The Football Bowl Association Champions Award is bestowed upon an individual who has provided distinguished service to college football, with an emphasis on being a contributor to post-season football bowl games. Last year's recipient was former Pac-10 commissioner, Tom Hansen. The first recipient in 2008 was SEC commissioner Roy Kramer.
DeseretNews.com encourages a civil dialogue among its readers. We welcome your thoughtful comments.
— About comments
Jeff Call has been a sportswriter for the Deseret News since 1997. He is the BYU beat writer and has been covering Cougar sports since 1993, when he served as sports editor at the Daily Universe. Call has written several more ..
- BYU basketball: Dave Rose hoping Tyler Haws'...
- Stump the Smith: Can you answer the questions...
- Hard work, dedication pay off for Utah's Karl...
- ESPN trivia guru: University of Utah graduate...
- High school softball: Copper Hills earns a...
- BYU basketball: Agustin Ambrosino leaves BYU...
- LIVE TODAY: Deseret News live streaming...
- Utah Jazz: No lottery luck, so Jazz remain in...
Subscribe
Mobile
RSS
- High school baseball: 5A, 4A state...
55 - BYU basketball: Dave Rose hoping Tyler... 27
- Hard work, dedication pay off for... 20
- Bodyguards allegedly beat up 2 fans who... 19
- Utah Jazz: No lottery luck, so Jazz... 19
- Dick Harmon: BYU coach Mike Littlewood... 15
- Utah State football: New coach Matt... 11
- BYU football: Fan-developed software... 8
Kunzer-Murphy couldn't bring herself to mention the national championship....
Edwards is under appreciated for his contribution to the game of football on the college and professional level. He was a trailblazer in his approach to More..
You just can't find a classier, more decent person than LaVell.
Nice job, Coach Edwards, nice job!!!
GO COUGARS!!!
Still winning awards...now that's what Real Tradition looks like.