Danny Maciocia

Danny Maciocia

Montreal Carabins
Date of birth:	May 26, 1967 (1967-05-26) (age 44)
Place of birth:	Montreal, Quebec
Career information
College:	Texas Christian
High school:	Laurier Macdonald
Organizations
As administrator:
2007 2008–2010	Edmonton Eskimos (Director of Football Operations) Edmonton Eskimos (GM & Director of Football Operations)
As coach:
1994 1995 1996 1997–1999 2000 2001 2002–2004 2005–2008 2011–present	St. Leonard Cougars (OC) St. Leonard Cougars (HC) Montreal Alouettes* Montreal Alouettes (RB coach) Montreal Alouettes (Assistant OC) Montreal Alouettes (OC) Edmonton Eskimos (OC) Edmonton Eskimos (HC) Université de Montréal (HC) *Quality Control coach

Danny Maciocia (born May 26, 1967) is the head coach of the Université de Montréal Carabins football team. He is also the former general manager & director of football operations of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos and former offensive coordinator with the André-Grasset Phénix, a CEGEP team in Montreal.

Early life

Maciocia grew up in the Saint Leonard neighborhood of suburban Montreal, and also spent part of his youth in San Francisco. He played football in high school. He graduated from Laurier Macdonald High School in 1984. He attended Texas Christian University on a football scholarship.

Coaching career

A professional coaching career began for Maciocia in 1993 when he took a job as an assistant coach with the Canadian junior national football team. In 1995, he moved into the ranks of the CJFL as offensive coordinator of the St. Leonard Cougars, who won the championship of the league in Maciocia's first year. In 1998, Maciocia entered the CFL as the running backs coach of the Montreal Alouettes. In 2001, he became offensive coordinator in Montreal, then took the same position in Edmonton the following season.

Maciocia was also the head coach of the 2004 edition of the Canadian junior football team for the eighth NFL Global Junior Championship.

Maciocia was appointed as head coach of the Eskimos after the firing of former coach Tom Higgins following 2004 CFL season. Maciocia became the first Quebec-born head coach in CFL history and the first Canadian head coach of the Eskimos since Annis Stukus in 1951. In 2005, Maciocia guided the Eskimos to a championship victory in the 93rd Grey Cup, the thirteenth in franchise history.

The 2006 season was not successful for Maciocia and the Eskimos. The team missed the play-offs for the first time in 35 years, ending a record streak for consecutive post-season appearances among North American professional sports teams. Rumors abounded of Maciocia being on the hotseat after the 2006 campaign, but during the off-season he was surprisingly given a promotion. In addition to coach, Maciocia became director of football operations. As a result, he has a high degree control over decisions on player personnel. Despite Maciocia taking more control, the Eskimos finished with an even worse record in 2007 and once again missed the play-offs. He resigned as head coach while continuing on as head of football operations following the end of the 2008 CFL season, where the Eskimos managed to make the playoffs with a 10–8 record, defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the East Semi-Final, and lost the East Final against the Montreal Alouettes.^[1] On July 31, 2010, Maciocia was fired by the Eskimos after the first win in a 1-4 start to the 2010 season.

He served as a volunteer coach for Andre-Grasset College for the 2010 season helping them to a Quebec junior college (CEGEP) championship. He was later named head coach of the Montreal Carabins football team of the Université de Montréal on November 17, 2010.

CFL Coaching Record

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
		Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Result
EDM	2005	11	7	0	.611	3rd in West Division	3	0	Won Grey Cup
EDM	2006	7	11	0	.389	4th in West Division	-	-
EDM	2007	5	12	1	.306	4th in West Division	-	-
EDM	2008	10	8	0	.556	4th in West Division	1	1	Lost East Final
Total		33	38	1	.465	0 West Division Championships	4	1	1 Grey Cup

Personal life

Maciocia is married with three daughters. He speaks fluent English, French, and Italian.

References

1. ^ "Esks' Maciocia steps aside as coach to focus on front office". TSN.ca. 2008-11-27. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=257527. Retrieved 2008-11-28. 

External links

• Eskimos' Press Release on Maciocia's hiring as head coach

Sporting positions
Preceded by Tom Higgins	Edmonton Eskimos Head Coaches 2005–2008	Succeeded by Richie Hall
Awards
Preceded by Pinball Clemons	Grey Cup winning Head Coach 93rd Grey Cup, 2005	Succeeded by Wally Buono

Persondata
Name	Maciocia, Danny
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Date of birth	May 26, 1967
Place of birth	Montreal, Quebec
Date of death
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