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Summarized by Kent Larsen
NEWSFLASH: LaVell Edwards Retiring Today as BYU Football Coach
PROVO, UTAH -- BYU Head Coach LaVell Edwards will announce his retirement
today in a news conference set for 1 pm MDT (3 pm EDT). According to BYU
NewsNet, Edwards will still play out the 2000 season, completing his 29th
season as coach of the Cougars, and ending a stellar career that will probably
place him sixth among the coaches with the most career wins in college football.
Edwards had extended his contract by five years (the 2000 season is the
first of those five years) but will apparently not complete all five years
of his contract. Speculation last year on his successor turned up no fewer
than 13 possible candidates, including leading candidates Tom Holmoe of the
California Golden Bears and Gary Crowton, then offensive coach for the
Chicago Bears.
The Edwards news conference will be broadcast on the Internet by BYU's
NewsNet organization at
http://www.newsnet.byu.edu .
Source:
LaVell Edwards to announce retirement
BYU NewsNet 17Aug00 S2
See also:
BYU Will Have Long List of Candidates
BYU's LaVell Edwards Chases Victory No. 250
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