Brian Towriss

Brian Towriss
Date of birth (1956-05-24) May 24, 1956 (age 68)
Place of birthMoose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Career information
Position(s)HC
Canada universitySaskatchewan
Career history
As coach
1980–1983Saskatchewan Huskies (AC)
1984–2016Saskatchewan Huskies (HC)
Awards1994 CIS Coach of the Year
Honours3× Vanier Cup champion – (1990, 1996, 1998)
Career stats

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]

  1. ^ http://huskies.usask.ca/Home_Left/mens_sports/football/FBMediaGuide.pdf[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Archived Document". Archived from the original on 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  3. ^ "Brian Towriss resigns as Huskies football head coach". CBC News. 2016-12-19. Archived from the original on 2022-07-01.
  4. ^ "Canadian Football Hall of Fame Class of 2017 features All-Time Leaders, Big-Time Builders". cfhof.ca. March 23, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2018.