Earle Edwards

Football
Inducted: 1974
  • Born in Pennsylvania, 1908
  • Graduate of Penn State
  • Assistant football coach at alma mater from 1936–1948, and at Michigan State from 1949–1953
  • Football coach at NC State from 1954-1970
  • Revived dormant program, coaching State to three ACC titles
  • Named ACC Coach of the Year four times
  • Coached State to its first bowl victory in 1967 Liberty Bowl
  • Carter Stadium (now Carter-Finley Stadium) completed during his tenure
  • Compiled a record of 77-88-8
  • President of American Football Coaches Association, 1970
  • Died in 1997