Edward Ross Troxel (November 20, 1925 – January 22, 2001) was a high school and college football coach in Colorado, Idaho, and eastern Washington.
Troxel moved with his mother Ruth and sister Betty to Colorado Springs in 1940 and served in the U.S. Navy as a teenager during World War II.
After graduation from Western State College in Gunnison, Troxel's first coaching job was in 1949 in tiny Manzanola, fifty miles (80 km) east of Pueblo.
[7] Troxel was at Borah for nine years, and his Lions amassed a dominating 76–8–2 (.895) record in football,[8] winning the Southern Idaho Conference (and unofficial state title) in their first six seasons and a total of eight times, settling for runner-up once (1964).
Preece was the option quarterback of the Oregon State teams of 1967 and 1968, "The Giant Killers," and later played defensive back in the NFL for nine seasons.
Troxel moved north to the University of Idaho in Moscow in early 1967,[13] as an assistant coach in both football and track.
Troxel had turned down the head football job in May 1970 and again in December 1973, but later accepted after persuasion from his players and concessions from the new athletic director, namely a fourth assistant coach.
[14] Despite this turnover at OC before Troxel's third season in 1976, the Vandals went 7–4 (5–1 in the Big Sky), with center John Yarno selected as a Division I first-team AP All-American.
Kennewick made the state playoffs ten times and posted an 11–10 record in the post-season, advancing to the finals in 1983 (Kingbowl)[21] and the semi-finals in 1984[22] and 1989.