Brian Towriss Explained

Brian Towriss
Birth Date:1956 5, mf=yes
Birth Place:Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Position1:Head coach
Cis:Saskatchewan
Coaching Years1:1980–1983
Coaching Team1:Saskatchewan Huskies (AC)
Coaching Years2:1984–2016
Coaching Team2:Saskatchewan Huskies (HC)
Awards:1994 CIS Coach of the Year
Honours:Vanier Cup champion – (1990, 1996, 1998)
Cfhof:brian-towriss
Cfhofyear:2017

Brian Towriss (born May 24, 1956)[1] is the former head coach for the University of Saskatchewan's football team, the Saskatchewan Huskies.[2] Towriss became Saskatchewan's head coach in 1984 and became CIS football's winningest head coach in 2011, surpassing Larry Haylor with his 170th overall win. He resigned as head coach on December 19, 2016 with a U Sports football record 196 wins that held until 2022, and 315 games coached.[3] He reached the Vanier Cup finals nine times as a head coach, having won three of those in 1990, 1996, 1998. Collegiately, he also played CIS football for the Saskatchewan Huskies. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2017 as a builder.[4]

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  1. http://huskies.usask.ca/Home_Left/mens_sports/football/FBMediaGuide.pdf{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  2. Web site: Archived Document . 2011-11-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111112165310/http://huskies.usask.ca/Staff/brian_towriss/index.php . 2011-11-12 .
  3. Web site: Brian Towriss resigns as Huskies football head coach . 2016-12-19 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220701150619/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/brian-towriss-resigns-huskies-football-1.3904000 . 2022-07-01 . live .
  4. Web site: Canadian Football Hall of Fame Class of 2017 features All-Time Leaders, Big-Time Builders . cfhof.ca . March 23, 2017 . February 25, 2018.