Gary Etcheverry

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Gary Etcheverry
Date of birth (1956-11-17) November 17, 1956 (age 67)
Career information
Position(s) DC
US college Southern California
Career history
As coach
1980–1981 San Francisco State (Ass. coach)
1982–1987 Occidental (DC)
1988 Los Angeles Rams (Ass. STC)
1989Occidental (DC)
1990–93 Macalester (HC)
1994 Hamburg Blue Devils (HC, OC, DC)
1994–1995 Redlands (DC, DLC)
1996 Stuttgart Scorpions (HC)
1996–1997 San Diego (OLC, DLC)
1997–1999 Toronto Argonauts (DC, DLC)
2000 Saskatchewan Roughriders (DC, LC, DLC)
2001 BC Lions (DC)
2002 Toronto Argonauts (HC)
2004 Ottawa Renegades (LC, DLC)
2005 UBC (DLC, STC)
2006 Big Kahuna Rams (OC)
2008–2010 Saskatchewan Roughriders (DC)
2012 Ottawa (HC)
2014 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (DC)
Career highlights and awards

Gary Etcheverry (born November 17, 1956) is an American-born American and Canadian football coach who has coached in the National Football League, Canadian Football League, German Football League, Canadian Junior Football League, CIS, and the NCAA.

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Coaching career

After graduating from USC in 1978, he began coaching at the University of San Diego where he was the offensive line and defensive line coach. His next job was as the defensive coordinator and defensive line coach at the University of Redlands. In 1981, he was an offensive and defensive assistant at San Francisco State University. His offensive coordinator at SFSU was Mike Holmgren.

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 1997 he returned to North America, this time as the defensive line coach of the Toronto Argonauts. In 1999 he was promoted to defensive coordinator by head coach Jim Barker. He left the team before the 2000 season after head coach John Huard chewed out the defense during a press conference, despite it being among the best in the league, leading in 12 of 25 statistical categories and coach Huard never seeing the team play a game. After leaving the Argos, he was Danny Barrett's defensive coordinator with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and in 2001 was the defensive coordinator of the BC Lions.

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 2004 he replaced Kit Lathrop as defensive coordinator of the Ottawa Renegades. After one season in Ottawa, he was hired as special teams coordinator and assistant defensive coordinator for the UBC Thunderbirds. In 2006, he was an assistant with the South Surrey Big Kahuna Rams as well as a guest coach at the Winnipeg Blue Bombers training camp.

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

TeamYearRegular SeasonPost Season
WonLostTiesWin %FinishWonLostResult
TOR 2002480.3334th in East Division––(fired)

CIS

TeamYearRegular SeasonPost Season
WonLostTiesWin %FinishWonLostResult
UOGG 2012050.000Last in OUA––(fired before season close)

College

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Macalester Scots (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1990–1993)
1990 Macalester1–91–89th
1991 Macalester1–80–810th
1992 Macalester0–100–910th
1993 Macalester0–100–910th
Macalester:2–371–34
Total:2–37

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References

  1. ↑ Veteran CFL coach Gary Etcheverry chosen to lead 2012 Gee-Gees
  2. ↑ "Etcheverry Fired from University of Ottawa". Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Dec 2014: Bombers fire coach Etcheverry". Winnipeg Free Press. December 17, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Blue Bombers fire defensive co-ordinator Etcheverry - TSN.ca". December 17, 2014.
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