Blake Nill

Blake Nill
UBC Thunderbirds
Date of birth	February 16, 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	Hanna, Alberta
Career information
CFL status	National
Position(s)	Head coach
Height	6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Weight	275 lb (125 kg)
US 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)
2006–2014	Calgary Dinos (HC)
2015–present	UBC Thunderbirds (HC)
As player
1983–1986	Montreal Concordes
Awards	CIS Coach of the Year (1999)
Honours	3x Vanier Cup champion – (2001, 2002, 2015)

Blake Nill (born February 16, 1962^[1]) is a former Canadian football defensive lineman and the current head coach for the University of British Columbia's football team, the UBC Thunderbirds.^[2]

Previously, Nill had served as head coach for the Saint Mary's Huskies football team for eight years from 1998 to 2005. His Huskies teams appeared in four Vanier Cups, winning in 2001 and 2002 while losing in 2003 and 1999. He became head coach of the Calgary Dinos in 2006 where 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 played CIAU football for the Dinos.

References

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^ "Dinos' Blake Nill will be named new head coach of UBC football at Tuesday presser | the Province". Archived from the original on 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2014-12-09.

External links

Calgary Dinos profile

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[2] "Dinos' Blake Nill will be named new head coach of UBC football at Tuesday presser | the Province". Archived from the original on 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2014-12-09.

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