Deseret News · Dec 29, 2017
A year later: Remembering LaVell Edwards' life and legacy
It's been a year since the passing of former BYU head coach LaVell Edwards on Dec. 29, 2016. Soon after the news, tributes poured in for the football legend. DeseretNews.com has complied a list of articles memorializing Coach Edwards and his contributions to the local and national community.
LaVell Edwards was a successful football coach and an extraordinary leader. We can look at examples of his leadership style to help us lead more successful lives.
LDS leaders like President Henry B. Eyring and Elder Dallin H. Oaks joined football notables like Jim McMahon, Bronco Mendenhall, and NFL head coach Andy Reid, who took time from his Kansas City Chiefs playoff run, to pay their respects.