When the clock strikes midnight to ring in 2026, one of LaVell Edwards’ first offensive linemen at BYU will check out of the lineup. Appropriately, Chris Crowe ’s 49-year run as a teacher will end right where his education began — in Provo, minus the kind of surprise that shook his arrival.

Undersized in physique (6-foot-3, 230 pounds) but with super-sized determination, the offensive lineman from Tempe, Arizona, showed up on his 1972 recruiting trip eager to meet head coach Tommy Hudspeth and excited to watch Kresimir Cosic play at the Marriott Center.

One out of two isn’t bad.

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Hudspeth resigned before the basketball game e

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