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20 Facts About Jim Daley

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Jim Daley was born on July 15,1951 and is a Canadian football coach, who currently serves as the special teams coordinator and assistant head coach for the St Francis Xavier X-Men football team.

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Jim Daley has previously coached in the Canadian Football League from 1990 to 2014, including as head coach for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

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Jim Daley has been the head coach for the Ottawa Gee-Gees and Ottawa Sooners.

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Jim Daley won a national championship as head coach of the Sooners in 1984 and a Grey Cup championship in 2001 as an assistant coach.

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Jim Daley was then hired as the head coach for the Ottawa Gee-Gees in 1985 and served in that role until 1990.

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Jim Daley started his CFL coaching career as the special teams coordinator for the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1991.

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Jim Daley quit during the season over management's insistence to play former NFL start Dexter Manley at DE over Lybrant Robinson.

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Jim Daley joined the Calgary Stampeders in 2000 as the team's defensive line coach and won his first Grey Cup championship in 2001 when the team defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 89th Grey Cup.

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Jim Daley served as an assistant coach with the Stampeders for four seasons.

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In 2004, Jim Daley joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as the team's special teams coordinator and defensive line coach.

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Jim Daley became interim head coach after Dave Ritchie was fired part way through the 2004 season.

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Jim Daley was named the full-time head coach for the 2005 season, but was dismissed at the end of the year as the team finished in last place in the Western Conference.

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In 2007, Jim Daley was hired by the CFL as a league official to work as senior director of officiating development.

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In 2009, Jim Daley was hired by the Edmonton Eskimos as the team's defensive coordinator and defensive line coach.

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Shortly following the 2009 season on December 9,2009, Jim Daley later resigned from his position.

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On February 18,2010, it was announced that Jim Daley had re-joined the Saskatchewan Roughriders, this time as their special teams coordinator.

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Jim Daley coached in the 98th Grey Cup, but the team lost to the Montreal Alouettes.

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On February 3,2012, it was announced that Jim Daley had joined the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' coaching staff as their special teams coordinator.

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Jim Daley became the special teams coordinator of the Toronto Argonauts for the 2014 season.

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On June 5,2015, the St Francis Xavier X-Men announced that Jim Daley was going to join the team's coaching staff as their special teams coordinator for the 2015 season.