Brian Towriss, welcome to the @CFHOF!#CFL pic.twitter.com/hQ44TZVUHf
- CFL (@CFL) September 15, 2017
The winningest coach is Canadian football history was inducted on Thursday as a builder alongside Stan Schwartz, as well as players Mike O’Shea, Anthony Calvillo, Geroy Simon and Kelvin Anderson.
In his 33 years as head coach (1984-2016), Towriss won three Vanier Cups. He also coached 71 All-Canadians and 154 Canada West conference all-stars, 160 players who were All-Academic team members, and 47 Huskies who have gone on to play professionally in the Canadian Football League. He joined a prestigious group in 2007 when he earned the Order of Merit, Saskatchewan’s highest honour.