“I couldn’t have ever done what I did in New York without those seven seasons with Frank.”
SALT LAKE CITY — Frank Layden wasn’t only about laughs. That part sometimes gets overlooked, though it’s easy to see why.
“They worship this body in India,” he would say when he was at his highest weight.
Later he would tell his audience, “I won’t be long — they feed me again at 10 p.m.”
Tuesday at Vivint Arena, there will be both laughs and seriousness as the BYU Management Society honors the former Jazz coach with its annual Distinguished Citizen Award.