Broyles Award about assistants, charity

The Broyles Award, given each year to the outstanding assistant coach in college football, sits in the foreground while David Bazzel gives the opening remarks at the first Touchdown Club luncheon of 2013.When David Bazzel approached Frank Broyles about naming an award after him, one honoring assistant coaches, Broyles was skeptical Bazzel could pull it off in the time frame he suggested.

Broyles also told him he wanted the focus solely on the assistant coaches, not him.

Bazzel rolled out of the meeting and went to work, commissioned a trophy and put together a group of coaches to vote when he hit a huge speed bump.

The trophy wasn’t close to what he had envisioned or requested.

Instead of…