LaVell Edwards. (2003 Amos Alonzo Stagg Award).Former Brigham Young University Brigham Young University, at Provo, Utah; Latter-Day Saints; coeducational; opened as an academy in 1875 and became a university in 1903. It is noted for its law and business schools. Head Coach LaVell Edwards LaVell Edwards (born October 11, 1930 in Orem, Utah) is a former American football coach of Brigham Young University (BYU). In 1984, Edwards' BYU Cougars went 13-0 and won the national championship. has been selected as the 2003 recipient of the AFCA's Amos Alonzo Stagg Award The Amos Alonzo Stagg Award is presented annually by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) to the “individual, group or institution whose services have been outstanding in the advancement of the best interests of football. . The award, which honors those "whose services have been outstanding in the advancement of the best interests of football," will be presented to Edwards at the AFCA AFCA American Football Coaches Association AFCA Air Force Communications Agency AFCA Area Fuel Consumption Allocation AFCA Antique Fan Collectors Association AFCA American Fan Collectors Association AfCA African Counselling Association Awards Luncheon on January 7 during the 2003 AFCA Convention in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded . "I'm extremely pleased and honored to receive this award," Edwards said. "To receive an award named after Amos Alonzo Stagg Amos Alonzo Stagg (August 16 1862 – March 17 1965) was a renowned American collegiate coach in multiple sports, primarily football, and an overall athletic pioneer. He was born in West Orange, New Jersey, and attended Phillips Exeter Academy. , a man who did so much for the game of football, is an honor." Edwards is the first coach with Brigham Young ties to receive the AFCA's most prestigious award. Edwards retired in 2000 after 29 seasons at BYU BYU Brigham Young University BYU Bayou BYU Bob's Your Uncle BYU Bayreuth, Germany - Bindlacher Berg (Airport Code) BYU Beyond Your Understanding with a career record of 257-101-3 (.716) at the school. His teams won 20 conference titles, including a share of the 1999 Mountain West Conference crown and appeared in 22 bowl games. In 1984, he was named AFCA National Coach of the Year after BYU finished the season 13-0 and won the national championship. Along with the national honor. Edwards was a five-time winner of the AFCA's Regional Coach of the Year Award. He was a member of the Association's Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. from 1978-1987. serving as AFCA President in his final year on the Board. His 257 wins at BYU are the second-most in Division I-A by a coach at one school and the number ranks as the eighth-best single-school total in college football history. Only 12 coaches in the history of the game have won more games overall than Edwards.
Past Amos Alonzo Stagg Award Winners
2002 Joe Paterno
2001 Vince Dooley
2000 Tom Osborne
1999 Bo Schembechler
1998 Bob Reade
1997 Ara Parseghian
1996 Chuck Neinas
1995 John Merritt
1994 Bob Devaney
1993 Keith Jackson
1992 Charles McClendon
1991 Bob Blackman
1990 Len Casanova
1989 Dave Nelson
1988 G. Herbert McCracken
1987 Field Scovell
1986 Woody Hayes
1985 Duffy Daugherty
1984 Bud Wilkinson
1983 Paul Bryant
1982 Eddie Robinson
1981 Fred Russell
1979 Fritz Crisler
1978 Tom Hamilton
1977 Ben Schwartzwalder
1975 Gerald B. Zomow
1974 Jake Gaither
1973 Lloyd Jordan
1972 Jack Curtice
1971 Bill Murray
1970 Lynn Waldorf
1969 Rip Engle
1968 Abe Martin
1967 Jess Neely
1966 Bernie Moore
1965 Harry Stuhldreher
1964 Don Faurot
1963 Andy Kerr
1962 Tad Wieman
1961 Ray Eliot
1960 Harvey Harman
1959 Dr. John W. Wilce
1958 Bernie Bierman
1957 Bob Neyland
1955 Joe Tomlin
1954 Dana X. Bible
1953 Lou Little
1952 Bo McMillin
1951 Tuss McLaughry
1949 Dick Harlow
1948 Gil Dobie
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Bob Zuppke
1947 Bill Alexander
1946 Grantland Rice
1941 William H. Cowell
1940 Donald G. Herring, Jr., and family
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