Former Brigham Young University football coach LaVell Edwards, who propelled the Mormon-affiliated university's program onto the national stage with an entertaining andhigh-powered pa sing offense,died Thursday. He was 86.Before Edwards took over atBYU in 1972, the school's all-time won-lost record was 173-232-23. By the time he was finished29 years later, after the 2000 season, he was257-101-3.More importantly, hechanged the way people looked not only at Cougars football but also the wayoutsiders saw the Provo, Utah, university because of football, . And he Miami Marlins Hoodie did it while earning the love and admiration of his native Beehive State."We made football a presence at BYU," Edwards said. "I'm as satisfied with that as anything."BYUs LaVell Edwards pa ses away at the age of 86 BYU Football (@BYUfootball) MORE: Yet outside Utah, he quickly made his teams feared among WAC opponents, and rankled them with comments like the one he made after a lo s at rivalWyoming:Id rather lose and live in Provo than win and live in Laramie."Over the years, he was much more likely to win than lose anywhere.So succe sful Jeff Locke Jersey was Edwards acro s 29 seasons at BYUthat his 257 victories are more than the number of combined wins by every other coach in the program's history.As Edwards guided the Brigham Young football programto heights never before reached, he turnedit into one of the nation's most fertile programs for pa sing quarterbacks, with the likes of future NFL stars Jim McMahon andSteve Young, as well as Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer.The Cougars claimed 19 Western Athletic titles and one Mountain West championship under Edwards, but his most succe sful season came in 1984, when Miami Marlins T-Shirts the Cougars (13-0) won the national championship. Oddly enough, BYU reached its high point a season after Young graduated, as Robbie Bosco led BYU to the unbeaten season and No. 1 ranking in the final AP and Coaches polls.Labeled by USA Today as a "national coaching treasure," his teams pa sed for more than 57 miles during his tenure. He coached multiple College Football HallofFame inductees, a Heisman Trophy winner in Detmer, two Outland Trophy winners (DTJason Buck and OG Moe Elewonibi) and nearly three dozen All-Americans, including 10 consensus All-Americans, 11 conference player-of-the-year recipients and 24 Academic All-Americans.MORE: In 2004, Edwards himself wasinducted into the Miami Marlins Jersey National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame.He led the Cougars to 22 bowl appearances in 29 seasons, while compiling a .716 winning percentage.The eighth of 14 children, Edwards graduated from Lincoln High School in Orem, Utah. He attended Utah State, where he was an all-conference lineman before serving a two-year commitment in the Army. He and his wife, Patti, were married more than 55 years and havethree children: Ann Cannon , John and Jim.LaVell Edwards' career highlightsPaul "Bear" Bryant Lifetime Achievement Award Andre Dawson Jersey (2013)College Football Hall of Fame inductee (2004)State of Utahs Coach of the CenturyState of Utah Sports Hall of FameBYU Hall of FameFootball stadium named LaVell Edwards Stadium in his honorFootball Bowl A sociation Champions Award (2011)NCFAA Contributions to College Football Award (2009)Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (2003)Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1984)Kodak Coach of the Year (1984)AFCA Coach of the Year (1984)Boddy Dodd Coach of the Year (1979)National Championship (1984)