Steve Sumarah

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Steve Sumarah
Saint Mary's Huskies
Born: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Career information
Position(s) Head coach
University St. Francis Xavier
Career history
As coach
1998–2005 Saint Mary's Huskies (OC)
2006–2011Saint Mary's Huskies (HC)
2012–2021 Carleton Ravens (HC)
2022 UBC Thunderbirds (OC)*
2022–presentSaint Mary's Huskies (HC)
*Offseason only
Career highlights and awards
Awards2009 CIS Coach of the Year

Steven Sumarah is the head coach of the Saint Mary's Huskies of U Sports football. He has also been the head coach of the Canada National Junior Football Team since 2016. [1] As the head coach, he led Team Canada to a IFAF World Junior Championship in 2018 with a 13-7 win over Team Mexico in Mexico City. [2]

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Coaching career

After serving as offensive coordinator for the Saint Mary's Huskies for eight seasons, Sumarah was promoted to head coach of the program in 2006. He led the team to four straight Loney Bowl championships including an appearance in the 2007 Vanier Cup game. He was named coach of the year in 2009.

After his dismissal from the Huskies, he was hired on January 16, 2012 to become the head coach of the Carleton Ravens, who began play in 2013. [3] [4] He was the head coach of the Ravens for eight seasons where he had a record of 29–33 before being dismissed on January 12, 2022. [5]

On February 2, 2022, it was announced that Sumarah had been hired as the offensive coordinator for the UBC Thunderbirds, reuniting him with former Huskies head coach, Blake Nill. [6] However, following the resignation of Saint Mary's Huskies' head coach James Colzie in April 2022, Sumarah was hired to return to the Huskies football program as the team's head coach on June 8, 2022. [7]

Personal life

Sumarah lives in Halifax with his wife, Amanda Hardiman, and has one daughter, Brooke, and two stepchildren, Ryan and Brianna. [7]

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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 24, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Canada defeats Team Mexico, wins gold medal at 2018 IFAF U19 World Championships". July 23, 2018.
  3. "Sumarah named new Ravens football head coach". January 16, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  4. "Carleton Names Steve Sumarah New Head Coach". Archived from the original on January 27, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  5. "Sumarah Gone: Carleton Ravens dismiss head football coach, begin 'national search'". Ottawa Sun. January 12, 2022.
  6. "Steve Sumarah joins UBC Football as Offensive Coordinator". UBC Thunderbirds. February 2, 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Saint Mary's Huskies announce Steve Sumarah as head football coach". Saint Mary's Huskies. June 8, 2022.