1. Noel Thorpe is a professional Canadian football coach who is currently the defensive coordinator for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.
11 Facts About Noel Thorpe
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Noel Thorpe is a Grey Cup, Vanier Cup, and IFAF World Cup champion.
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Noel Thorpe played college football for the St Cloud State Huskies.
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Noel Thorpe remained with the Thunderbirds for five years until he joined the cross-town Simon Fraser Clan of the NAIA in 2001 as the team's defensive backs coach.
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Noel Thorpe was hired by the Montreal Alouettes in 2002 as the special teams coordinator and won his first Grey Cup championship in his first season following a victory in the 90th Grey Cup game.
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Noel Thorpe continued in both positions through to the 2007 season where the Alouettes made four Grey Cup appearances in six years.
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On December 4,2017, Noel Thorpe was named the defensive coordinator for the Ottawa Redblacks.
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Noel Thorpe spent two years with the Redblacks, with the first yielding an appearance in the 106th Grey Cup, and the next with the Redblacks finishing with the worst record in the league.
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On January 15,2020, it was announced that Noel Thorpe had re-joined the Eskimos, this time as the team's defensive coordinator, after a 10-year absence.
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On July 6,2022, it was announced that Noel Thorpe had been hired as the defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach for the Montreal Alouettes, replacing the fired Barron Miles.
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In early December 2022 it was reported that Noel Thorpe was one of five finalists for the vacant Alouettes head coaching job.