John Huard

Interceptions:	6
Fumble recoveries:	1

John Huard
No. 57, 52
Position:	1967 / Round: 5 / Pick: 113
Career history
	Denver Broncos (1967–1969); New Orleans Saints (1971); Montreal Alouettes (1973); Toronto Argonauts (1973–1975);
Career highlights and awards
	2× First-team Little All-American (1965, 1966); Second-team All-East (1966);
Career NFL statistics
Interceptions:
Interceptions:	6
Fumble recoveries:	1
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
	College Football Hall of Fame

John Roland "Big John" Huard (born March 9, 1944) is an American business executive and a former football player and coach. After playing college football at the University of Maine, he played professionally as a linebacker with the Denver Broncos of the American Football League (AFL) from 1967 to 1969, with the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL) in 1971, with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1973, and with the CFL's Toronto Argonauts from 1973 to 1975. Huard served as the head football coach at the Maine Maritime Academy from 1987 to 1993. He was the head coach of the CFL's Shreveport Pirates in 1994 and the Toronto Argonauts in 2000.

Playing career

Huard played college football at the University of Maine for Black Bears from 1963 to 1966. He was selected by the Denver Broncos in the fifth round of the 1967 NFL/AFL draft. He played three seasons for the Broncos before sitting out the 1970 NFL season. In 1971 he returned to the NFL for the New Orleans Saints. After missing all of the 1972 season, Huard signed a five-year contract with the CFL's Montreal Alouettes. He was waived during the 1973 CFL season and claimed by the Toronto Argonauts. He remained in Toronto until his retirement in 1975.

In 2003, Huard was the first player inducted into the "Ring of Honor" at

Alfond Stadium and he was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2014.^[1]

Huard began coaching in 1974 under

Before the

Shreveport also brought legal action against the team in separate suits. He then served on the coaching staff at Maine's Kents Hill School

In


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
New England Football Conference ) (1987–1993)
1987	Maine Maritime	0–8	0–5	6th (North)
1988	Maine Maritime	2–7	0–6	7th (North)
1989	Maine Maritime	5–4	1–4	5th (North)
1990	Maine Maritime	5–4	3–2	3rd (North)
1991	Maine Maritime	5–3	3–2	T–2nd (North)
1992	Maine Maritime	6–3	5–3	T–3rd
1993	Maine Maritime	9–1	7–1	1st	W ECAC Bowl
Maine Maritime:		32–30	19–23
Total:		32–30
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
Team	Year	Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Result
TOR	2000	1	6	1	.143	4th in East Division	–	–	(fired)