Danny Maciocia was born on May 26,1967 and is the head coach and general manager of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.
17 Facts About Danny Maciocia
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Danny Maciocia was previously head coach of the Universite de Montreal Carabins football team.
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Danny Maciocia is the former general manager and director of football operations of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos and former offensive coordinator with the Andre-Grasset Phenix, a CEGEP team in Montreal.
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Danny Maciocia graduated from Laurier Macdonald High School in 1984, and then worked in the family insurance business.
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Danny Maciocia began his professional coaching career in 1993 when he took a job as an assistant coach with the Canadian junior national football team.
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In 1998, Danny Maciocia entered the CFL as the running backs coach of the Montreal Alouettes.
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Danny Maciocia was the head coach of the 2004 edition of the Canadian junior football team for the eighth NFL Global Junior Championship.
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Danny Maciocia was announced as the offensive coordinator for the Edmonton Eskimos on February 19,2002.
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Danny Maciocia served in that role for three years where the Eskimos appeared in two Grey Cup games, including his first championship win in the 91st Grey Cup game.
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Danny Maciocia was appointed as head coach of the Eskimos after the firing of former coach Tom Higgins following 2004 CFL season.
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Danny Maciocia became the first Quebec-born head coach in CFL history and the first Canadian head coach of the Eskimos since Annis Stukus in 1951.
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In 2005, Danny Maciocia guided the Eskimos to a championship victory in the 93rd Grey Cup, the thirteenth in franchise history.
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Danny Maciocia was the first Canadian-born head coach in Eskimos history to win the Grey Cup with the team.
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Rumours abounded of Danny Maciocia being on the hotseat after the 2006 campaign, but during the off-season he was surprisingly given a promotion.
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Danny Maciocia served as a volunteer coach for College Andre-Grasset for the 2010 season helping them to a Quebec junior college championship.
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Danny Maciocia was later named head coach of the Montreal Carabins football team of the Universite de Montreal on November 17,2010.
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Danny Maciocia was briefly considered a candidate for the Montreal Alouettes vacant general manager position in December 2016, following the mutual termination of Jim Popp's contract.