10 Facts About Dave Easley

Dave Easley is a former award-winning defensive back who played in the Canadian Football League from 1969 to 1976.

Dave Easley played 4 seasons and 69 games with the Lions.

Dave Easley later played 4 seasons with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and finished his playing career in 1976 with the Edmonton Eskimos.

Dave Easley started coaching junior football and led the Vancouver Trojans to the National Championship in 1982.

Dave Easley later became defensive coach for the UBC Thunderbirds from 1983 to 1987 and 1989 to 1990 including the Vanier Cup Championship in 1986.

Dave Easley joined the professional coaching ranks with the Toronto Argonauts for the 1991 and 1992 seasons as linebacker coach.

Dave Easley had gained CFL coaching experience as a guest coach with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1984 and with the Lions in 1985 and 1986.

Dave Easley spent another two seasons in Ottawa as the team's special teams coordinator before joining the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as their defensive backs coach in 2005.

Dave Easley spent 2006 with the University of Manitoba, serving as the Bisons' advisor to the defensive backs coach and special teams coaches.

Dave Easley is the only coach in Canadian football history to capture national championships at the junior, university and professional levels.