{"id":752531,"date":"2026-02-14T22:08:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T22:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/752531\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T22:08:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T22:08:25","slug":"patti-edwards-wife-of-legendary-byu-football-coach-lavell-edwards-dies-at-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/752531\/","title":{"rendered":"Patti Edwards, wife of legendary BYU football coach LaVell Edwards, dies at 93"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) \u2014 Patti Edwards, the wife of Hall of Fame BYU football coach LaVell Edwards, died at age 93.<\/p>\n<p>BYU Cougars officials announced her death Saturday, saying Edwards passed away the day before at 93 years old. They did not provide the cause of her death.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Revered and loved by all who knew her, Patti lived a life that inspired and influenced people for good beyond measure,&#8221; the tribute read. &#8220;She made a lasting impact not only on her family and the BYU football program but also within college football at large, leaving a legacy of leadership and love that will forever honor her name.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Edwards was married to the legendary BYU coach LaVell Edwards, the namesake of LaVell Edwards Stadium. <\/p>\n<p>She also contributed to the BYU football legacy, in part, by becoming one of the founders of the American Football Coaches&#8217; Wives Association, which continues decades later with more than 3,000 members.<\/p>\n<p>BYU held a moment of silence during Saturday\u2019s basketball game to honor Patti Edwards and her lasting impact on BYU football.<\/p>\n<p>Patti Edwards was preceded in death by her husband, who died in 2016. She was survived by a daughter, two sons, 14 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) \u2014 Patti Edwards, the wife of Hall of Fame BYU football coach LaVell Edwards,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[107824,4385,331,6684,3254,7,107823,8046,107822],"class_list":{"0":"post-752531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-american-football-coaches-wives-association","9":"tag-byu-football","10":"tag-college-football","11":"tag-death","12":"tag-family","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-lavell-edwards","15":"tag-legacy","16":"tag-patti-edwards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116071268685843664","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}