Winnipeg Blue Bombers | |
Date of birth | November 17, 1956 |
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Career information | |
Position(s) | DC |
College | Southern California |
Career history | |
As coach | |
1980–1981 | San Francisco State Gators (Ass. coach) |
1982–1987 | Occidental Tigers |
1988 | Los Angeles Rams (Ass. STC) |
1989 | Occidental Tigers |
1990–93 | Macalester Scots (HC) |
1994 | Hamburg Blue Devils (HC, OC, DC) |
1994–1995 | Redlands Bulldogs (DC, DLC) |
1996 | Stuttgart Scorpions (HC) |
1996–1997 | San Diego Toreros (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 Thunderbirds (DLC, STC) |
2006 | Big Kahuna Rams (OC) |
2008–2010 | Saskatchewan Roughriders (DC) |
2012 | Ottawa Gee-Gees (HC) |
2014 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (DC) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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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. He was most recently the defensive coordinator for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
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.