Edsall named to AFCA Board of Trustees

University of Connecticut’s Randy Edsall Named to AFCA Board of Trustees

WACO, TEXAS — University of Connecticut Head Coach Randy Edsall has been named to the Board of Trustees of the American Football Coaches Association.

Edsall joins a group of distinguished head coaches who guide the organization. The Board formulates policy and provides direction for the AFCA, which was founded in 1922 by Amos Alonzo Stagg, John Heisman and others. The AFCA has more than 10,000 members from all levels of the profession.

Edsall was selected to fill the the Football Bowl Subdivision District 2 position on the Board. District 2 is made up of Big East schools along with independents Army and Navy.

“It is both a privilege and an honor to serve the great game of football and the Big East Conference on the AFCA Board of Trustees,” Edsall said. “I really respect what the game of football stands for and I look forward to working with Grant Teaff and our Trustees to make our great game of football even better.”

Other members of the AFCA Board of Trustees include 2008 AFCA President Tyrone Willingham of the University of Washington; first vice-president Dick Tomey of San Jose State University; second vice-president Larry Kehres of Mount Union College and third vice-president Rob Ash of Montana State University.

Also serving on the Board in 2008: Mike Bellotti, University of Oregon; Tim Murphy, Harvard University; Joe Glenn, University of Wyoming; Tommy Tuberville, Auburn University; Rich Rodriguez, University of Michigan; Mike Welch, Ithaca College; Jim Tressel, Ohio State University; Mack Brown, University of Texas; Lee Owens, Ashland University; Jim Grobe, Wake Forest University; Bill Cronin, Georgetown College (Ky.); Frank Solich, Ohio University; Lou Tepper, Indiana University (Pa.) and Rob Ianello, University of Notre Dame, ex officio member and chairman of the Assistant Coaches Committee.

Edsall has a 41-31 (.569) record at Connecticut in the school’s six seasons of competition in the Football Bowl Subdivision. He is 50-55 (.476) overall in nine seasons at the school. He led the Huskies to a share of its first Big East title in 2007 and its second bowl appearance in four seasons. Edsall guided UConn to a 6-6 record in its first full season competition at the FBS level in 2002, including season-ending road wins over Navy and Iowa State. In 2004 the Huskies fell one win short of sharing the Big East title in their first year of football competition in the conference.

The AFCA was founded in 1922 and currently has more than 10,000 members around the world, ranging from the high school level to the professional ranks. According to its constitution, the AFCA was formed, in part, to “maintain the highest possible standards in football and the coaching profession” and to “provide a forum for the discussion and study of all matters pertaining to football and coaching.”

For more information on the AFCA and its programs log on to the AFCA’s website at www.afca.com.