Pat Sheahan is
U Sports
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Canadian football
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coach who serves as the
offensive line coach
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for the
Guelph Gryphons
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. He spent 11 years as the head coach of the
Concordia Stingers
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and another 19 years as head coach of the
Queen's Gaels
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. He won three
Vanier Cup
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championships, twice as an assistant coach in
1987
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and
2019
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and once as head coach in
2009
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. He was also named
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Some of the ...
in
2008
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.
University career
Sheahan played
CIAU football as a
tight end
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and
offensive tackle
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for the
Concordia Stingers
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from 1975 to 1979.
Coaching career
Sheahan began his collegiate coaching career as the assistant head coach for the
McGill Redmen
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in 1984 and held that position until 1988, winning a
Vanier Cup
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championship in
1987
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. He was hired as
head coach
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for the
Concordia Stingers
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in 1989 and led the program to their first Vanier Cup appearance in
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
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. He then became head coach for the
Queen's Gaels
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in
2000
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and won his first Vanier Cup as a head coach in
2009
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. He was also named
CIS coach of the year in
2008 season. After qualifying for the playoffs in just two out of five years, Sheahan was asked to resign following the
2018
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.
In
2019
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, Sheahan was named the
offensive coordinator
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for the
Calgary Dinos
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. In his first year, he won his third championship as the Dinos won the
55th Vanier Cup
The 2019 Vanier Cup, the 55th edition of the Canadian university football championship, was played on November 23, 2019 at Telus Stadium in Quebec City, Quebec. . The
2020 U Sports football season
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was cancelled, but Sheahan coached in one more season in
2021
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. Sheahan announced his retirement on January 24, 2022. However, he later joined the
Guelph Gryphons
The Guelph Gryphons are the athletic teams that represent the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The university's varsity teams compete in the Ontario University Athletics conference of the U Sports(OUA's), and, where applicable, in ...
on March 10, 2022, as the team's
offensive line coach
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Common ...
which also reunited him with his son, Ryan Sheahan, who serves as the team's head coach.
References
External links
Calgary Dinos bio
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Living people
Sportspeople from Brockville
Players of Canadian football from Ontario
Concordia Stingers football players
Queen's Golden Gaels football coaches
McGill Redbirds football coaches
Concordia Stingers football coaches
Calgary Dinos football coaches
Year of birth missing (living people)