Reuben LaVell Edwards (October 11, 1930 – December 29, 2016)[1] was an American college football head coach for Brigham Young University (BYU).

Among his many notable accomplishments, Edwards guided BYU to a national championship in 1984 and coached Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer in 1990.

The BYU football program had struggled before Edwards[6][7] with the notable exception of one conference championship that resulted from the aerial attack of Virgil Carter.

[10] In the 1980 Holiday Bowl, BYU rallied from a 45–25 deficit with only 4 minutes to play to defeat Southern Methodist University (SMU).

Holmgren's coaching tree includes Jon Gruden, Steve Mariucci, Jim Mora, Todd Bowles, and Mike Sherman.

Reid's tree includes John Harbaugh, Brad Childress, Doug Pederson, Sean McDermott, and Ron Rivera.