Gary Etcheverry
Born: | November 17, 1956 |
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Career information | |
Big Kahuna Rams (OC) | |
2008–2010 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (DC) |
2012 | Ottawa (HC) |
2014 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (DC) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Gary Etcheverry (born November 17, 1956) is an American-born
Coaching career
After graduating from
In 1982, Etcheverry began a seven-year tenure as defensive coordinator at Occidental College. He coached with the Tigers from 1982 to 1987, leaving in 1988 to serve as a special assistant with the Los Angeles Rams. He returned to Occidental for one more season before accepting the head coaching position at Macalester College. He was fired after a 0–10 season in 1993. In his four seasons with the Fighting Scots, he had a 2–37 overall record.
In 1994, he moved to the German Football League where he was the defensive coordinator of the Hamburg Blue Devils before becoming head coach of the Stuttgart Scorpions in 1996.
In
In 2002 he was hired by team President Pinball Clemons to serve as the Toronto Argonauts head coach. He was fired after a 4–8 start and replaced by Pinball Clemons.
In
On April 7, 2008, Etcheverry joined the Saskatchewan Roughriders as their defensive assistant coach. On January 26, 2009, he was named defensive coordinator for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Etcheverry was hired as the head coach for the Ottawa Gee-Gees on May 23, 2012, following the resignation of Jean-Phillipe Asselin.[1] After the team with winless in its first five games of the 2012 season, Etcheverry and most of his staff was fired.[2]
On February 20, 2014, Etcheverry was announced as the defensive coordinator for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. After leading the team to an average of 360.9 yards allowed per game in the 2014 CFL season, Head Coach, Mike O'Shea announced that Etcheverry had relieved of his duties.[3][4]
Head coaching record
CFL
Team | Year | Regular Season | Post Season | |||||||
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Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Result | |||
TOR | 2002 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | 4th in East Division | – | – | (fired) |
CIS
Team | Year | Regular Season | Post Season | |||||||
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Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Result | |||
UOGG | 2012 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | Last in OUA | – | – | (fired before season close) |
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Macalester Scots (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ) (1990–1993)
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1990 | Macalester | 1–9 | 1–8 | 9th | |||||
1991 | Macalester | 1–8 | 0–8 | 10th | |||||
1992 | Macalester | 0–10 | 0–9 | 10th | |||||
1993 | Macalester | 0–10 | 0–9 | 10th | |||||
Macalester: | 2–37 | 1–34 | |||||||
Total: | 2–37 |
References
- ^ Veteran CFL coach Gary Etcheverry chosen to lead 2012 Gee-Gees
- ^ "Etcheverry Fired from University of Ottawa". Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ^ "Dec 2014: Bombers fire coach Etcheverry". Winnipeg Free Press. December 17, 2014.
- ^ "Blue Bombers fire defensive co-ordinator Etcheverry - TSN.ca". December 17, 2014.