1. Jason Maas was born on November 19,1975 and is an American professional football coach who is the head coach of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.
55 Facts About Jason Maas
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Jason Maas is best known for his playing career as a quarterback with the Edmonton Eskimos where he won two Grey Cup championships.
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Jason Maas played for the Alouettes and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
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Jason Maas has coached the Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Redblacks, and Saskatchewan Roughriders and was the head coach of the Eskimos from 2016 to 2019.
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Jason Maas went to college at the University of Oregon in 1994 but was buried deep on the depth chart for the first two years of his career.
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However, in his third year, Jason Maas was considered a solid bet to take Oregon's starting job, until the arrival of high-profile transfer Akili Smith.
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Jason Maas performed well by throwing for five touchdowns in a game against Stanford, but Smith won the starting job.
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Jason Maas spent the rest of his time at Oregon as a backup, finishing with career totals of 120 completions on 226 attempts, 1,763 yards, nineteen touchdowns and eight interceptions.
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Jason Maas appeared in a single preseason game and did not impress the coaching staff enough to win a roster spot.
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Jason Maas dressed for all eighteen games but saw significant action in only one, going 16 of 25 for 165 yards, a touchdown, and an interception.
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The door was wide open for the two backups, Crowley and Jason Maas, to show that they could take the reins from the faltering Greene.
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Crowley was strong and Greene fought valiantly to keep his job, but by Week 7, Jason Maas took the starting quarterback spot that he kept to the end of the year.
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Jason Maas picked the league apart in his first year as a starter, and despite his late start was a West Division All-Star and the Edmonton nominee for CFL Outstanding Player.
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Jason Maas completed 231 of 391 pass attempts for 3,646 yards, recording 21 touchdowns and 12 interceptions.
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Jason Maas led the Eskimos to first place in one of the weakest Western Divisions of all time, as the Eskimos won the division by winning only as many as they lost.
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Jason Maas emerged with little credit in the defeat, and after two straight years of disappointment, the local media were beginning to speculate whether the Eskimos were ever going to get past the Western Final.
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Jason Maas emerged from the 2001 season secure as the incumbent starter.
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Jason Maas was named Offensive Player of the Week in Week 2 and was on pace for another All-Star season.
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However, in Week 4 against Nealon Greene's Roughriders, Jason Maas suffered a separated shoulder in his non-throwing arm and the injury was serious enough to sideline Jason Maas for several games.
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One mediocre game was all Higgins needed to see and Jason Maas was immediately sent to the bench in favour of Ray, who started the next five games.
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Ray started the next game but in the game after, the second-to-last game of the season, Jason Maas again appeared in relief and was again solid.
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Finally, in the last game of the year, Jason Maas got the start and played well.
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Jason Maas had played less often but still well and had started to win back the confidence of the fans and of the team with a strong end to the season.
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In 2003, Jason Maas was looking to regain his starting job from Ray but suffered a back injury during the off-season.
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Jason Maas was the holder for kicker Sean Fleming as he healed, but by Week eight he was completely healthy.
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Jason Maas was entrenched on the bench as Ray helped deliver the Eskimos the 91st Grey Cup in a rematch with the Alouettes.
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The loss of the star quarterback dismayed Eskimos fans, but this was tempered with calm knowing that Jason Maas was around to fill the void in 2004.
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The pressure on Jason Maas was high, but his performance was up to it.
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Jason Maas threw for an incredible 5,274 yards, well higher than Ray's 2003 total of 4,640.
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Jason Maas threw for "only" 31 touchdowns, four fewer than Ray's 35 in 2003, but his 105.1 quarterback rating ranked among the great seasons ever.
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Jason Maas had a strong playoff performance in his single game, throwing for 369 yards in the West Semi-Final.
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Jason Maas never threw a regular season pass with the Jets, and after being released tried in vain to catch on with another NFL team in time for the 2005 NFL season.
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Jason Maas saw little game action in the regular season, appearing only in relief for the final game, a blowout loss to the Calgary Stampeders.
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Jason Maas re-ignited the dormant Eskimos offense and led them to a comeback victory, resurrecting the old quarterback controversy that had plagued the Eskimos for years.
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Jason Maas followed this up by again appearing in relief during the fourth quarter over Ray in the West Division final against the Lions, scoring the winning touchdown and leading the Eskimos to another victory.
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Once again, perhaps because of rumours Jason Maas had already been traded to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for veteran quarterback Danny McManus and lineman Tim Bakker, Maciocia opted to start Ray in the 93rd Grey Cup.
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Jason Maas was seventh in the league in passing yardage, tied for seventh in touchdown passes, and tied for second in interceptions.
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Jason Maas initially refused to report to his new club, a move which momentarily held up the formalization of the transaction.
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Jason Maas served as the team's third-string quarterback behind Marcus Brady and Anthony Calvillo.
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Jason Maas saw limited time on the field with the Alouettes and was released on December 31,2007.
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January 16,2008, the Edmonton Eskimos announced Jason Maas was back in the green and gold.
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Jason Maas saw about two quarters of playing time in the second preseason game of 2008 and impressed, completing 16 of 19 passes for 256 yards and a touchdown.
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Jason Maas remained the Eskimos backup for 2009, but for 2010 seemed to have been demoted to third-stringer early in the season in favour of Jared Zabransky.
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However, Jason Maas wished to continue playing if he couldn't play for the Eskimos, so he was released on February 22,2011, to potentially land with another team.
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Jason Maas officially retired from the CFL after an eleven-year career as a player on May 26,2011.
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On December 20,2011, Jason Maas was named the receivers coach for the Toronto Argonauts.
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Jason Maas spent three seasons with the Argonauts, winning a Grey Cup championship in 2012.
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On December 3,2014, Jason Maas was introduced as the offensive coordinator of the Ottawa Redblacks.
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Jason Maas was named the new head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos on December 14,2015.
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That would be his last game as the team's head coach, as Jason Maas was relieved of his coaching duties on November 27,2019.
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On December 5,2019, it was reported that Jason Maas had agreed to join the Saskatchewan Roughriders as their offensive coordinator, but the announcement had not yet been made official by the team.
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In early December 2022, it was reported that Jason Maas was one of five finalists for the vacant Alouettes head coaching job.
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On December 17,2022, it was announced that Jason Maas had been hired as the head coach for the Alouettes.
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Jason Maas was rewarded with a three-year contract extension on December 20,2023, that would keep him with the Alouettes through to the 2026 season.
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Jason Maas is married and lives in Sherwood Park, Alberta with his wife, Marjean and their two children during the off-season and in Rosemont, Quebec during the season.