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LaVell Edwards

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LaVell Edwards

Original Name
Reuben LaVell
Birth
Orem, Utah County, Utah, USA
Death
29 Dec 2016 (aged 86)
Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA
Burial
Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA
Plot
Garden of the Last Supper 64 C 7
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American Football Coach. Reuben LaVell Edwards was a former football head coach for Brigham Young University (BYU). With 257 career victories, he ranked as one of the most successful college football coaches of all time. Among his many notable accomplishments, Edwards guided BYU to a national championship in 1984 and coached Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer in 1990. Edwards played football for Utah State University and earned a master's degree at the University of Utah prior to coaching at BYU. While head football coach at BYU, Edwards also earned a doctorate. Edwards holds the rank of the 6th most wins by a coach in college football history along with being inducted in 2004 into the College Football Hall of Fame.
American Football Coach. Reuben LaVell Edwards was a former football head coach for Brigham Young University (BYU). With 257 career victories, he ranked as one of the most successful college football coaches of all time. Among his many notable accomplishments, Edwards guided BYU to a national championship in 1984 and coached Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer in 1990. Edwards played football for Utah State University and earned a master's degree at the University of Utah prior to coaching at BYU. While head football coach at BYU, Edwards also earned a doctorate. Edwards holds the rank of the 6th most wins by a coach in college football history along with being inducted in 2004 into the College Football Hall of Fame.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: David Peltier
  • Added: Dec 29, 2016
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174633328/lavell-edwards: accessed ), memorial page for LaVell Edwards (11 Oct 1930–29 Dec 2016), Find a Grave Memorial ID 174633328, citing East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery, Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.