21 Facts About Jacques Chapdelaine

Jacques Chapdelaine was born on August 24,1961 and is a Canadian football coach and former professional slotback in the Canadian Football League.

Jacques Chapdelaine has served as the offensive coordinator for four other CFL teams, the head coach of the Montreal Alouettes, and the head coach for two Canadian university football teams.

Jacques Chapdelaine has won three Grey Cup championships as an assistant coach and one Vanier Cup as the head coach of the Laval Rouge et Or.

Jacques Chapdelaine played collegiately for the Simon Fraser Clan as a wide receiver and played between 1983 and 1989 for four different CFL teams.

Jacques Chapdelaine had a productive first season with the Lions, recording 22 catches for 258 yards in 1983.

The Alouettes franchise folded just before the 1987 season and Jacques Chapdelaine was selected in the dispersal draft by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Jacques Chapdelaine had two productive seasons in Hamilton, but fell out of favour in 1989, leading to his release in August of that year.

Jacques Chapdelaine was signed by the Calgary Stampeders and played in one game before eventually retiring.

Jacques Chapdelaine began his coaching career in his hometown of Sherbrooke, Quebec with the Bishop's Gaiters as an assistant coach in 1990.

Jacques Chapdelaine returned to Bishop's in 1993 as their offensive coordinator and spent four years in that position.

Buono was hired by the BC Lions in 2003 and Jacques Chapdelaine joined him there as their receivers coach.

Jacques Chapdelaine translated that success into a promotion with the Edmonton Eskimos as their assistant head coach and offensive coordinator in 2007.

Jacques Chapdelaine re-joined the BC Lions as their receivers coach in 2008, and resumed his offensive coordinator post in 2010.

On February 4,2014, it was announced that Jacques Chapdelaine was hired as the head coach of the Simon Fraser Clan, marking a return to his alma mater and American football rules.

Unexpectedly, Jacques Chapdelaine resigned on December 17,2014 after the season to pursue other career opportunities.

Jacques Chapdelaine was hired by the Montreal Alouettes on February 8,2016 as their receivers coach and special advisor to the offensive coordinator, Anthony Calvillo, who was entering his first full season in that role.

Jacques Chapdelaine is the first francophone head coach in the 62-year history of the Montreal Alouettes franchise.

Jacques Chapdelaine earned his first win in his first game as head coach against the Toronto Argonauts in front of the first sellout crowd in Montreal since 2010.

Jacques Chapdelaine was announced as the Toronto Argonauts' new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the 2019 CFL season on February 7,2019.

Jacques Chapdelaine was not retained as a member of the 2020 staff.

Jacques Chapdelaine's younger son, Justin Chapdelaine, played quarterback and receiver for the Queen's Golden Gaels and was an offensive assistant with Jacques in Saskatchewan in 2015.