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Gary Jeffries

  • Title
    Special Teams & Defensive Assistant

1st season

Joins the Marauders after spending four decades as a coach with the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks. Coach Jeffries began his career as the Golden Hawks’ Linebackers Coach in 1972, before assuming the role of Defensive Coordinator in 1981 and Head Coach in 2002. He resigned from his football duties between 1989 and 1994 to serve as Head Coach of Laurier’s men’s basketball program. During his decade-long tenure as Head Coach, Jeffries was named as the OUA Coach of the Year five times, the CIS Coach of the Year once (2003) and won Laurier’s second Vanier Cup title in 2005. He has four children: Jonathan, Jodie, Jaime and Ryan; and five grandchildren.