1. James Barker was born on August 25,1956 and is a football executive and coach.
20 Facts About Jim Barker
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Jim Barker is currently employed by TSN as a CFL panelist.
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Jim Barker's most recent employment in Canadian football was a senior advisor for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
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Jim Barker has been a sports analyst for the CFL on TSN.
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Jim Barker has served as a football operations consultant and assistant coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
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Jim Barker is a four-time Grey Cup champion having won twice as an assistant coach and twice as a football administrator.
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Jim Barker served as an assistant college football coach at San Francisco State, Occidental, New Mexico State, Nevada and Pomona-Pitzer.
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Jim Barker served as Pomona-Pitzer's head baseball coach concurrent to his work as the Sagehens' offensive coordinator.
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Jim Barker's CFL coaching career began in 1996 as a member of the Montreal Alouettes coaching staff.
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In 2002, Jim Barker was hired to serve as an in-studio analyst on the America One's CFL telecasts, but instead joined old boss Don Matthews as offensive coordinator and quarterback coach of the Montreal Alouettes, leading them to their first Grey Cup in over 20 years.
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Jim Barker moved to Calgary in 2003 where he served as the head coach of the Calgary Stampeders.
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Jim Barker acquired Henry Burris, Jeremaine Copeland, Rahim Abdullah, and Sandro DeAngelis and played a role in the 2005 CFL Draft, selecting players such as John Comiskey, Brett Ralph, and first overall pick Miguel Robede.
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Jim Barker was replaced as general manager by John Hufnagel after the 2007 season.
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Jim Barker was reassigned to the position of senior vice-president of football operations and director of player personnel.
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On February 9,2010, Jim Barker returned to the Toronto Argonauts for his second stint as their head coach.
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The CFL announced on February 25,2011, that Jim Barker was the Coach of the Year for 2010, winning the Annis Stukus Trophy.
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Jim Barker spent the 2018 season as a TV analyst on TSN.
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On January 3,2019, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced Jim Barker would join the team as a football operations consultant.
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However, the 2020 CFL season was cancelled and Jim Barker was not retained for the 2021 season.
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Jim Barker re-joined the CFL on TSN broadcasts as an analyst for the 2021 CFL season.