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Reuben LaVell Edwards (October 11, 1930 – December 29, 2016) [1] was an American college football head coach for Brigham Young University (BYU). With 257 career victories, he ranks as one of the most successful college football coaches of all time.
BYU also claims notable professional football players including Super Bowl MVP Steve Young '84 & '94, Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer '90, and two-time Super Bowl winner Jim McMahon. In golf, BYU alumni include two major championship winners: Johnny Miller ('69) at the 1973 U.S. Open and 1976 British Open and Mike Weir ('92) at the 2003 Masters.
BYU has signed five recruits for the 2014-15 season. Two of BYU's recruits will head out on their missions immediately and return for the 2016-17 season. Ryan Andrus, Jake Toolson, [2] and Dalton Nixon [3] will play at least one season before heading out on missions.
Brigham Young University (BYU) is a private research university in Provo, Utah, United States.It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
1971 – Jim Dabakis enrolls at BYU after serving an LDS mission, but leaves and comes out at as gay at the age of 23. [17] He was elected to the Utah State Senate in 2012. [18] [19] 1971 – Kenneth Mark Storer is a gay Mormon BYU graduate student. [20]
The BYU Lacrosse team was founded in 1968; however, significant records of the team only date back to 1995 when Jason Lamb began his tenure as head coach. [53] The BYU Lacrosse team had four wins and five losses (4–5) in their first season under Coach Lamb, accounting for their only losing season on record.
Sitake began his BYU playing career in 1994 prior to serving a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Oakland, California. After returning and redshirting in 1997, Sitake was a three-year starter at fullback for BYU from 1998 to 2000 under hall of fame coach LaVell Edwards. He was named BYU's ...
Matthew O. Richardson in 2017. Matthew Ottesen Richardson (born December 12, 1960) was the Advancement Vice President at Brigham Young University (BYU) from 2014 to 2020. He served previously as a professor of religion at BYU and from 2002 to 2006 he was an associate dean of religious education at BYU.