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The 126,300 square-foot Student Athlete Building is home to Legacy Hall - a three-story museum/hall of fame celebrating more than 100 years of BYU Athletics. The SAB also houses the Student-Athlete Academic Center (SAAC), a two-story strength and conditioning center, training facilities, an equipment room, conference rooms, offices for the football coaches and men's and women's athletic administrators, the Cougar Club, the football locker room and meeting rooms for the team. Legends Grille restaurant, the Cougar Fan Store and Legacy Hall are areas where fans as well as athletes can congregate.
Advisement in the SAAC
Five full-time advisers are on staff to cover the athletes from the 21 sports. Tutors and mentors also work through these offices. Athletes have access to 42 computer stations, an interactive classroom, 10 small study areas and one large quiet room. Also on staff are a sports psychologist and a nutritionist. The hours of operation are from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
BYU's athletic administration is housed on the third floor of the Student Athlete Building.
Legacy Hall
Legacy Hall is a museum that depicts the history of academic and athletic success at BYU. It is free and open to the public.
Among the items featured in the Hall are: Ty Detmer's 1990 Heisman Trophy, Steve Young's 1995 NFL MVP trophy and 1995 Super Bowl MVP trophy, Mike Weir's golf bag used when he won the 2003 Masters, Clay Brown's ball and jersey from his miracle 'Hail Mary' catch in the 1980 Holiday Bowl, and Danny Ainge's jersey and ball from his 1981 coast-to-coast drive against Notre Dame.
There are 21 wall displays, 36 display cases and 13 interactive kiosks displaying unique memorabilia of former Cougar athletes. Some of the highlights include the BYU Hall of Fame, a historical timeline, first-team All-Americans, greatest moments in BYU football and basketball and a display featuring the 1984 National Football Championship.
Legends Grille
Legends Grille offers an area where fans, coaches and athletes can view 11 plasma TV screens, a ticker tape with world-wide sports scores or specialty events on a projection screen while catching a bite to eat.











