The pavilion is located immediately north of Husky Stadium, bounded on the west by Montlake Boulevard. Originally the University of Washington Pavilion, the building was constructed in nine months in 1927 for $600,000 and opened on After 20 years, it was renamed the Hec Edmundson Pavilion on honoring the university's longtime track and basketball coach. An Olympian in 1912 in the 400 and 800 meters, Edmundson had stepped down the previous spring after 27 seasons as head basketball coach and continued as head track coach through the 1954 season.