| Date of birth | (1956-11-17)November 17, 1956 (age 68) |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| 1989 | Occidental (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-bornAmerican andCanadian football coach who has coached in theNational Football League,Canadian Football League,German Football League,Canadian Junior Football League,CIS, and theNCAA.
After graduating fromUSC in 1978, he began coaching at theUniversity of San Diego where he was theoffensive line anddefensive line coach. His next job was as the defensive coordinator and defensive line coach at theUniversity of Redlands. In 1981, he was an offensive and defensive assistant atSan Francisco State University. His offensive coordinator at SFSU wasMike Holmgren.
In 1982, Etcheverry began a seven-year tenure as defensive coordinator atOccidental College. He coached with the Tigers from 1982 to 1987, leaving in 1988 to serve as a special assistant with theLos Angeles Rams. He returned to Occidental for one more season before accepting the head coaching position atMacalester 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 theGerman Football League where he was the defensive coordinator of theHamburg Blue Devils before becoming head coach of theStuttgart Scorpions in 1996.
In1997 he returned to North America, this time as the defensive line coach of theToronto Argonauts. In1999 he was promoted to defensive coordinator by head coachJim Barker. He left the team before the2000 season after head coachJohn 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 wasDanny Barrett's defensive coordinator with theSaskatchewan Roughriders and in2001 was the defensive coordinator of theBC Lions.
In2002 he was hired by team PresidentPinball Clemons to serve as the Toronto Argonauts head coach. He was fired after a 4–8 start and replaced by Pinball Clemons.
In2004 he replacedKit Lathrop as defensive coordinator of theOttawa Renegades. After one season in Ottawa, he was hired asspecial teams coordinator and assistant defensive coordinator for theUBC Thunderbirds. In 2006, he was an assistant with theSouth Surrey Big Kahuna Rams as well as a guest coach at theWinnipeg 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 thehead coach for theOttawa 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]
| Team | Year | Regular Season | Post Season | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Result | |||
| TOR | 2002 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | 4th in East Division | – | – | (fired) | |
| Team | Year | Regular Season | Post Season | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Result | |||
| UOGG | 2012 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | Last in OUA | – | – | (fired before season close) | |
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macalester Scots(Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1990–1993) | |||||||||
| 1990 | Macalester | 1–9 | 1–8 | 9th | |||||
| 1991 | Macalester | 1–8 | 0–8 | 10th | |||||
| 1992 | Macalester | 0–10 | 0–9 | 10th | |||||
| 1993 | Macalester | 0–10 | 0–9 | 10th | |||||
| Macalester: | 2–37 | 1–34 | |||||||
| Total: | 2–37 | ||||||||