Post by Smyth94 on Nov 10, 2010 22:23:39 GMT -5
It appears Danny Maciocia's next full-time coaching job is in CIS football.
Two well-placed Quebec sources told sportsnet.ca Tuesday evening that the Université de Montreal has offered the former Edmonton Eskimos general manager the head coaching position of the Carabins. The school announced Tuesday night that Marc Santerre would not have his contract renewed.
It is believed Maciocia is expected to accept the team's top job.
A spokesman for the Université de Montreal said he was unaware of any candidate to be Santerre's successor. A press conference to announce the third head coach in Carabins football history is not yet scheduled, he said.
Maciocia, a 43-year-old Montreal native had already interviewed to be the offensive coordinator at McGill University, a source confirmed. But before committing to the Redmen, he made it clear that he was waiting to see if any head coaching positions would open elsewhere in the Quebec division.
There was speculation that former Alouettes special teams ace Andre Bolduc could be on the hot seat at the Université de Sherbrooke. But by virtue of the Vert et Or reaching the conference title game this weekend, it likely means Bolduc will be retained by Sherbrooke.
Maciocia returned to his roots after being fired by the Eskimos on July 31. A volunteer coaching position opened at Collége André-Grasset and he was named the offensive coordinator of the Phénix for the 2010 season. André-Grasset plays in Quebec's CEGEP (after high school, pre-university) collegiate program, which feeds athletes to both the CIS and NCAA ranks.
This would not be Maciocia's introduction to the Carabins. Nine years ago he left the Alouettes staff, where he was an assistant, to join the university under then head coach Jacques Dussault. But before the program launched its inaugural season in 2002, Maciocia took the offensive coordinator job with the Eskimos that season. Two years later he became Edmonton's head coach, and later general manager.
Maciocia has worked at all levels of football in Quebec, including the junior football league in the province where he broke into the coaching fraternity in 1993.
Two well-placed Quebec sources told sportsnet.ca Tuesday evening that the Université de Montreal has offered the former Edmonton Eskimos general manager the head coaching position of the Carabins. The school announced Tuesday night that Marc Santerre would not have his contract renewed.
It is believed Maciocia is expected to accept the team's top job.
A spokesman for the Université de Montreal said he was unaware of any candidate to be Santerre's successor. A press conference to announce the third head coach in Carabins football history is not yet scheduled, he said.
Maciocia, a 43-year-old Montreal native had already interviewed to be the offensive coordinator at McGill University, a source confirmed. But before committing to the Redmen, he made it clear that he was waiting to see if any head coaching positions would open elsewhere in the Quebec division.
There was speculation that former Alouettes special teams ace Andre Bolduc could be on the hot seat at the Université de Sherbrooke. But by virtue of the Vert et Or reaching the conference title game this weekend, it likely means Bolduc will be retained by Sherbrooke.
Maciocia returned to his roots after being fired by the Eskimos on July 31. A volunteer coaching position opened at Collége André-Grasset and he was named the offensive coordinator of the Phénix for the 2010 season. André-Grasset plays in Quebec's CEGEP (after high school, pre-university) collegiate program, which feeds athletes to both the CIS and NCAA ranks.
This would not be Maciocia's introduction to the Carabins. Nine years ago he left the Alouettes staff, where he was an assistant, to join the university under then head coach Jacques Dussault. But before the program launched its inaugural season in 2002, Maciocia took the offensive coordinator job with the Eskimos that season. Two years later he became Edmonton's head coach, and later general manager.
Maciocia has worked at all levels of football in Quebec, including the junior football league in the province where he broke into the coaching fraternity in 1993.
