You just hoped this day would never come. I'll miss seeing him, I'll miss talking to him, I'll miss doing stuff with him. —Ron McBride
SALT LAKE CITY — Ron McBride remembers the first time he met LaVell Edwards back in 1977 when McBride had first come to Utah as an assistant coach to Wayne Howard. He was at a weightlifting clinic when Edwards introduced himself to the new U. line coach.
“Here’s this legend guy, who’s ruling the state and he came up and shook hands,” recalls McBride. “There was nothing arrogant or cocky about him, he was just who he was.