Top 25
15-34-1
- Games
- 50
- Win rate
- 31.0%
Peak DominatorOffense-FirstLong Career
Coach Profile
LaVell Edwards
College football coaching record, BYU years & career stats
1972-2000 • BYU
One defining program at BYU.
LaVell Edwards's coaching record is 257-101-3, highlighted by seasons at BYU from 1972 to 2000.
LaVell Edwards coached 29 seasons, won 71.6%, and posted an average SRS of 8.5. Best season: 1979 BYU. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 257-101-3
- Career win rate
- 71.6%
- Average SRS
- 8.5
- Peak SRS
- 22.2
Career Dossier
One glance at the full arc.
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
- Seasons coached
- 29
- Career span
- 29 years
- Best finish
- #1
- Consistency
- 40.0
Quick Answers
Records fans search first
Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.
- Overall record
- 257-101-3
- BYU record
- 257-101-3
- Full-season record
- 257-101-3
- Vs AP Top 10
- 2-9-1
- Vs AP Top 5
- 1-3
- Vs Utah
- 22-7
- Postseason / bowl record
- 8-15-1
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 1
361 countable games, 71.6% win rate.
29 countable seasons at BYU.
29 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
12 games using AP ranking at game time.
4 games using AP ranking at game time.
Holy War games in this dataset.
24 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
Career Résumé
LaVell Edwards season milestones
Winning, 10-win, and undefeated seasons are derived from countable season rows. Finish and title totals use the tracked final-ranking data.
- Winning seasons
- 26
- 10-win seasons
- 10
- Undefeated seasons
- 1
- Top-10 finishes
- 3
- National titles
- 1
90% of countable seasons
Seasons with at least 10 wins
No losses or ties
Tracked final rankings
Championship seasons
Record definition and data status
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.
Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Nov 24, 2000. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
Coach FAQ
Quick answers about LaVell Edwards
Who is LaVell Edwards?
LaVell Edwards is a college football coach in the CFBTrack coaching database with primary school context at BYU, with a 257-101-3 career record from 1972-2000 across 29 countable seasons.
What is LaVell Edwards's college football coaching record?
LaVell Edwards's college football coaching record is 257-101-3 across 29 countable seasons, anchored by BYU.
Which schools did LaVell Edwards coach?
LaVell Edwards coached at BYU in the seasons covered by this profile.
How many winning seasons did LaVell Edwards have?
LaVell Edwards had 26 winning seasons across 29 countable season rows in this profile.
How many 10-win seasons did LaVell Edwards have?
LaVell Edwards had 10 seasons with at least 10 wins in the countable season data.
How many Top-10 finishes did LaVell Edwards have?
LaVell Edwards recorded 3 Top-10 final finishes in the tracked rankings.
What years did LaVell Edwards coach at BYU?
LaVell Edwards's BYU head coach years were 1972-2000, covering 29 countable seasons with a 257-101-3 record.
How did LaVell Edwards do against ranked opponents?
LaVell Edwards's AP Top 25 time-of-game record is 15-34-1 across 50 games.
How does CFBTrack count LaVell Edwards's coaching record?
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
LaVell Edwards career arc
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on the peaks, floors, and changes between seasons.
LaVell Edwards
EliteStrongAverageLean
1972Actual season year • SRS range -5.9 to 22.22000
Active comparison point
LaVell Edwards • 1979
1979 BYU
Best season11-1 • SRS 22.2 • SP Overall 26.3
Win %
91.7%
YoY SRS
+11.6
SP Off / Def
44.2 / 20.3
Finish
#13
Season context
Focus a point to inspect that season's record, rating, finish, and year-over-year change.
Ranked opponent record
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 10
2-9-1
- Games
- 12
- Win rate
- 20.8%
Top 5
1-3
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 25.0%
View ranked game results50
| 1999 Regular Week 4 | BYU | Colorado State | #23 | W34-13 |
| 1999 Postseason Week 1 | BYU | Marshall | #10 | L3-21 |
| 1998 Regular Week 4 | BYU | Washington | #9 | L10-20 |
| 1998 Postseason Week 1 | BYU | Tulane | #7 | L27-41 |
| 1998 Postseason Week 1 | BYU | Air Force | #13 | L13-20 |
| 1997 Regular Week 5 | BYU | Arizona State | #14 | W13-10 |
| 1997 Regular Week 3 | BYU | Washington | #4 | L20-42 |
| 1996 Regular Week 1 | BYU | Texas A&M | #13 | W41-37 |
| 1996 Postseason Week 1 | BYU | Kansas State | #17 | W19-15 |
| 1996 Postseason Week 1 | BYU | Wyoming | #22 | W28-25 |
| 1995 Regular Week 3 | BYU | UCLA | #12 | L9-23 |
| 1994 Regular Week 13 | BYU | Utah | #21 | L31-34 |
| 1994 Regular Week 8 | BYU | Notre Dame | #17 | W21-14 |
| 1993 Regular Week 8 | BYU | Notre Dame | #3 | L20-45 |
| 1993 Regular Week 7 | BYU | UCLA | #25 | L14-68 |
| 1993 Postseason Week 1 | BYU | Ohio State | #11 | L21-28 |
| 1992 Regular Week 10 | BYU | Penn State | #14 | W30-17 |
| 1992 Regular Week 9 | BYU | Notre Dame | #10 | L16-42 |
| 1992 Regular Week 4 | BYU | UCLA | #15 | L10-17 |
| 1992 Postseason Week 1 | BYU | Kansas | #22 | L20-23 |
| 1991 Regular Week 4 | BYU | Penn State | #12 | L7-33 |
| 1991 Regular Week 2 | BYU | UCLA | #23 | L23-27 |
| 1991 Postseason Week 1 | BYU | Iowa | #10 | T13-13 |
| 1990 Regular Week 6 | BYU | Oregon | #22 | L16-32 |
| 1990 Regular Week 3 | BYU | Miami | #10 | W28-21 |
| 1990 Postseason Week 1 | BYU | Texas A&M | #15 | L14-65 |
| 1989 Postseason Week 1 | BYU | Penn State | #15 | L39-50 |
| 1988 Regular Week 15 | BYU | Miami | #2 | L17-41 |
| 1988 Regular Week 3 | BYU | Texas | #19 | W47-6 |
| 1987 Regular Week 2 | BYU | Pittsburgh | #18 | L17-27 |
| 1986 Regular Week 4 | BYU | Washington | #6 | L21-52 |
| 1986 Postseason Week 1 | BYU | UCLA | #14 | L10-31 |
| 1985 Regular Week 12 | BYU | Air Force | #4 | W28-21 |
| 1985 Regular Week 2 | BYU | UCLA | #20 | L24-27 |
| 1985 Postseason Week 1 | BYU | Ohio State | #14 | L7-10 |
| 1984 Regular Week 2 | BYU | Pittsburgh | #17 | W20-14 |
| 1982 Regular Week 2 | BYU | Georgia | #6 | L14-17 |
| 1982 Postseason Week 1 | BYU | Ohio State | #12 | L17-47 |
| 1981 Regular Week 11 | BYU | Hawai'i | #19 | W13-3 |
| 1980 Postseason Week 1 | BYU | SMU | #20 | W46-45 |
| 1979 Postseason Week 1 | BYU | Indiana | #19 | L37-38 |
| 1977 Regular Week 11 | BYU | Arizona State | #12 | L13-24 |
| 1976 Postseason Week 1 | BYU | Oklahoma State | #14 | L21-49 |
| 1975 Regular Week 9 | BYU | Arizona | #17 | L20-36 |
| 1975 Regular Week 4 | BYU | Arizona State | #13 | L0-20 |
| 1974 Regular Week 10 | BYU | Arizona State | #16 | W21-18 |
| 1974 Regular Week 8 | BYU | Arizona | #16 | W37-13 |
| 1973 Regular Week 11 | BYU | Arizona | #19 | L10-24 |
| 1973 Regular Week 8 | BYU | Arizona State | #11 | L12-52 |
| 1972 Regular Week 7 | BYU | Arizona State | #19 | L17-49 |
Tenure map
Read the career chronologically. Each stint expands by seasons coached, with its record and average SRS kept in view.
Length = seasons coachedOldest to newest
- Longest tenure
- BYU • 29 seasons
- Best tenure
- BYU • 8.5 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- BYU • 71.6%
Style and Strength Profile
Read strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Overall Strength
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Overall Strength
LaVell Edwards sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
LaVell Edwards
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 12.2
- Percentile
- 90th pct
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
LaVell Edwards coaching record by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
BYU
1972-2000 • 257-101-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 8.5Win % 71.6%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.9 during vs 4.4 baseline
+4.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
8.5 during vs -1.2 baseline
+9.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
12.2 during vs -4.7 baseline
+16.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
41.4% during vs 0.0% baseline
+41.4%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
BYU 1979
11-1 • SRS 22.2
Biggest Improvement
BYU 1996
14-1 • 14.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
BYU 1980
12-1 • SP Off 50.4
Best Defensive Season
BYU 1985
11-3 • SP Def 17.4
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
BYU 1972
7-4 • SRS -5.9
Biggest Drop
BYU 1997
6-5 • -18.3 SRS
LaVell Edwards coaching record by season
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
Scroll horizontally for advanced ratings. Select any column heading to change the sort.
| BYU | 2000 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -0.9 | 2.4 | 30.7 | 29.5 | -7.4 | -16.7% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1999 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 6.5 | 13.0 | 35.6 | 23.8 | +4.3 | +2.4% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1998 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.3% | — | — | 2.2 | 6.6 | 32.4 | 27.8 | +5.4 | +9.7% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1997 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | #19 | — | -3.2 | -0.7 | 27.8 | 28.5 | -18.3 | -38.8% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1996 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 93.3% | — | #5 | 15.1 | 20.0 | 43.4 | 26.6 | +14.7 | +29.7% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1995 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 0.4 | 6.5 | 34.4 | 29.9 | -6.4 | -13.3% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1994 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #18 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 35.9 | 28.7 | +4.9 | +26.9% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1993 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | #19 | — | 1.9 | 6.4 | 44.6 | 39.7 | -6.6 | -11.5% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1992 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #24 | — | 8.5 | 14.9 | 38.4 | 25.4 | -1.5 | -7.7% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1991 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 69.2% | #19 | #23 | 10.0 | 18.6 | 43.0 | 28.0 | -3.7 | -7.7% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1990 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #16 | #22 | 13.7 | 19.8 | 48.3 | 33.1 | +2.2 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1989 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #19 | #22 | 11.5 | 15.7 | 46.8 | 35.1 | +4.3 | +7.7% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1988 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 7.2 | 11.2 | 37.8 | 28.7 | +7.3 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1987 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | -0.1 | 5.1 | 32.2 | 28.5 | -4.7 | +7.7% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1986 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #18 | — | 4.6 | 7.5 | 28.8 | 22.4 | -12.0 | -17.0% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1985 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.6% | #10 | #16 | 16.6 | 20.5 | 36.6 | 17.4 | +0.7 | -21.4% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1984 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | #1 | 15.9 | 22.1 | 39.8 | 19.2 | -3.5 | +8.3% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1983 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | — | #7 | 19.4 | 26.1 | 49.0 | 26.6 | +8.2 | +25.0% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1982 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 11.2 | 16.6 | 37.2 | 22.7 | -3.3 | -17.9% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1981 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #16 | #13 | 14.5 | 17.8 | 42.7 | 28.3 | -7.3 | -7.7% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1980 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.3% | — | #12 | 21.8 | 28.2 | 50.4 | 27.3 | -0.4 | +0.6% | Season summary |
| BYUBest | 1979 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | — | #13 | 22.2 | 26.3 | 44.2 | 20.3 | +11.6 | +22.4% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1978 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 10.6 | 13.1 | 30.1 | 17.7 | -6.7 | -12.6% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1977 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | #20 | 17.3 | 12.2 | 38.8 | 28.2 | +11.7 | +6.8% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1976 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 5.6 | 7.4 | 33.6 | 28.2 | +2.1 | +20.4% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1975 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 3.5 | 4.4 | 27.8 | 24.7 | -2.6 | -8.0% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1974 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 62.5% | — | — | 6.1 | 7.4 | 28.6 | 22.4 | +2.5 | +17.1% | Season summary |
| BYU | 1973 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 3.6 | 3.7 | 33.3 | 31.3 | +9.5 | -18.2% | Season summary |
| BYULowest | 1972 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -5.9 | -8.0 | 23.2 | 30.2 | — | — | Season summary |
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