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Blake Nill

Blake Nill
UBC Thunderbirds
Date of birth (1962-02-16) February 16, 1962 (age 55)
Place of birth Hanna, Alberta
Career information
CFL status National
Position(s) DL
Height 6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Weight 275 lb (125 kg)
College Calgary
CFL draft 1983 / Round: 3 / Pick: 19
Drafted by Montreal Concordes
Career history
As coach
1992–1997 St. Francis Xavier X-Men (DC)
1998–2005 Saint Mary's Huskies (HC)
20062014 Calgary Dinos (HC)
2015–present UBC Thunderbirds (HC)
As player
19831986 Montreal Concordes
Awards CIS Coach of the Year (1999)
Honours 3x Vanier Cup champion – (2001, 2002, 2015)

Blake Nill (born February 16, 1962) is a former Canadian football defensive lineman and the current head coach for the University of British Columbia's football team, the UBC Thunderbirds. Previously, Nill became Calgary's head coach in 2006 after serving as head coach for the Saint Mary's Huskies football team for eight years. His Huskies teams appeared in four Vanier Cups, winning in 2001 and 2002 while losing in 2003 and 1999. As head coach of the Dinos, his teams had appeared in three Vanier Cups, losing all three times, in 2009, 2010, and 2014. In his first year as head coach of the Thunderbirds, he won his third Vanier Cup in 2015. As a professional player, he played for four seasons for the Montreal Concordes of the Canadian Football League. Collegiately, he also played CIS football for the Calgary Dinos.


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