Calgary Colts

The Calgary Colts are a Canadian Junior Football team based in Calgary, Alberta. The Colts play in the six-team Prairie Football Conference, which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) and competes annually for the national title known as the Canadian Bowl. The Colts were founded in 1967.

Head Coach - Keith Kendal

Coach Kendall returns to the program that he led to back to back junior National Championships in 1989 & 1990. Keith has coached in the Calgary Bantam Football Association for over 15 years while winning 10 City Championships & a Provincial Div II Title. 6 years as a members of the University of Calgary coaching staff including a Vanier Cup win in 1985. Accomplishments include: Winner of the Football Alberta Bantam Coach of the Year. 1989 Canadian Junior Football League Coach of the Year.Football Alberta Life Time Achievement Award. Football Alberta Norm Kimball Award. 1983 Calgary Booster Club Sportsman of the Year Award.

Offensive Coordinator - Rob McNab

Coach McNab is a product of Calgary Amateur Football. McNab is a former Rookie of the Year as a Calgary Colts Quarterback in 1982. He was also quarterback for 4 years as a member of the University of Calgary Dinos, including a Vanier Cup Championship in 1985. Coach McNab spent 4 years on the Calgary Colts coaching staff, 1 year as QB coach and 3 as the offensive coordinator. Two of those years were during the teams only two National Championships in 1989 and 1990. He has been the Co-Head Coach of the Cochrane High School Cobras for the past 16 years and in that time has led them to 6 Provincial titles. Coach McNab has been a guest coach over the years for both the Colts and the Dinos and has been a guest speaker at several clinics. He has been awarded the Rocky View Football League Coach of the Year 5 times, Tier 2 and Tier 3 Football Alberta Coach of the Year, including being the recipient of the Norm Kimball award.

Running Backs / Special Teams - Lorne Hass Coach Hass enters his third season with the Colts as RB and Special Teams Coach. Lorne has been involved in the Calgary football community for 25 years - from Pee Wee through to Junior football as Coach, Director and President. He has been selected to coach 11 CBFA Selects teams, as well as selected by Football Alberta to coach 4 Alberta Summer Games teams - 2 Gold Medals (1997 & 2002) and 2 Bronze Medals (1995, 2000). Lorne has been a member of 4 Coaching Staff of the Year Awards (1992, 1993, 1996 & 1999). He has made numerous guest coaching appearances with the Colts, Dinos as well as Senior Bowl selection camps. Level III NCCP Certification.

Receivers - Randy Halsted Coach Halsted returns to the Colts as he too was part of the coaching staff that brought the Junior National Champsionship to Calgary in 1990. For three seasons he was with John G. Diefenbaker High School coaching the offense and helping the Chiefs to two Division II City final appearances. From 1999 to 2003 Coach Halsted was Head Coach at E.P. Scarlett where he built a program that was floundering and turned it into one of the top programs in Division I. He was also Reiever Coach at the University of Calgary for two seasons in 1997 and 1998. Before he got into coaching he played for the Dinos from 1984 to 1987 where he was a starter in '86 and '87 and on the 1985 National Championship Team.

Offensive Line - Adam Blasetti Coach Blasetti is entering his third season as Offensive Line Coach with the Calgary Colts coaching staff. Adam played 4 years with the Calgary Colts as an Offensive Lineman as was a conference All Star in 1999.He then played years as a starter for University of Calgary Dinos from 2000-2003. He attended a free agent camp with the Stampeders in 2003

Offensive Line Asst. - Mitch Hoschka Coach Hoschka is enterning his second season as an assistant Offensive Line coach with the Calgay Colts coaching staff. Mitch was a starter with the 1999 Provincial Senior Bowl team and was also a member of Team Alberta of the Canada Cup that same year. Mitch then started four years with the University of Calgary Dinos from 1999 to 2004, and attended two consecuitive CFL camps in 2004 and 2005 with the Montreal Allouettes. He has been involved with coaching at various development camps and clinics and is looking forward to another exciting year with the Colts program.

Defensive Line - Frank Guido Frank Guido is a first year coach with the Colts. With over 11 seasons of coaching experience at the Midget, Bantam and Pee Wee levels, Frank has achieved two CBFA Division-1 City Championships and one CBFA Division-2 City Championship all with the Hilltoppers Football Club. He has been selected to the CBFA Calgary Selects staff 3 times and won a Silver Medal with the 2006 Alberta Summer Games team. Frank played for 11 seasons including 4 with the Calgary Colts from 1994 - 1997, and won two Division-1 high school city championships with the St. Francis Browns in 1991 and 1993.

Linebackers - Biaggio Iannace Coach Iannace is enters his second year as a member of the Colts coaching staff. Coach Biag played his way up through the minor football programs in Calgary, beginning with 2 CityChampionships with the Bantam Colts. He was named the 1982 Calgary High School Italian Athlete of the Year. Played Linebacker for the Calgary Dinos from 1982 to 1987 and won Vanier Cups in 1983 and 1985. He is currently, the Midget Colts Head Coach after winning 2 Midget Championships as an assistant coach in 2003 and 2005. Biag has also coached 6 years with Calgary Bantam Football and at the High School level. He is a 20 veteran with the Calgary Police Service

Defensive Backs - Mike Schwieder Coach Schwieder is entering his third year with the Colts and he is bringing 4 years of playing experience as a safety for the U of C Dino to the team. Coach Schwieder has also coached defensive backs and special teams for four seasons with the Bantam and Midget Mavericks from 2003-2005 and was part of the 2003 Coaching Staff of the Year. As a player he was provincial Champion in 1995 with the St. Francis Browns and a City Campion in 1996 and played in the 1997 Senior Bowl.

Defensive Backs - Yorgo Nikolakis Yorgo is entering his first full season as the Colts Defensive backs coach, having guest coached with the team throughout the off-season and main camp last year. Yorgo brings 8 seasons of coaching experience, one at Ross Sheppard high school in Edmonton and 7 in the Midget and Bantam Hilltoppers program in Calgary. In 2007 he was the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator of the City Championship Bantam Hilltoppers and was selected to the Bantam Selects St. Louis All Star tournament Defensive Coordinator position. Yorgo has also been selected as defensive coordinator to coach the 2008 U17 team in 2008. He began his playing career at Ross Sheppard high school as a defensive back and quarterback, followed by 2 years with the Edmonton Jr. Wildcats at defensive back.

Quaterback Coach - Ray Salverda Entering his first season with the Colts, Coach Ray Salverda brings to the team 17 years of experience at various levels. His teams have won seven division titles, four city championships and two Tier I provincial championships. Ray was a member of the 2004 Rockyview Coaching Staff of the Year, and has also guest coached at camps and clinics for the University of Calgary, University of Alberta and several Junior teams throughout Canada . From 1983 to 1984, Ray was the starting Quarterback for the Surrey Rams. The Rams were the Division Champions in '84 and Ray was awarded the President’s Trophy as the team’s MVP for that season. Coach Salverda is looking forward to one of many great seasons with the Colts.

Receivers Coach - Corey Allison Coach Corey Allison enters his first season with the Colts as the receivers coach. A native of Moncton, New Brunswick, Coach Corey began his coaching career with the New Brunswick under 19 team. Upon moving to Calgary in 2002, coach Allison began coaching as an assistant receiver coach with the U of C Dinos. Since then, he’s coached receivers at Springbank High, Western High, and Midget Falcons. Holding an NCCP Lev. 3 coaching certificate and specializing in the fundamentals of receiving, he gets the most out his receivers. Coach Allison played receiver for the Acadia University Axemen and as a possession receiver, worked through every receiver position in a true spread offence, helped Acadia to consistent and successful seasons.

Equipment Manager - Barry Hunter Barry is entering his 2nd season as the Colts Equipment Manager, after coming over from the Edmonton Huskies. He transferred to Calgary from Edmonton with Northern Athletic Inc. (wholesale sports equipment and team uniforms) as the District Manager. Born in Rider Pride city of Regina Saskatchewan, football has been a big part of his life. Barry played minor and high school football in BC and was later forced into quick retirement with 3 concussions in junior ball. He returns to coach his 19th season with the South Calgary Midgets Colts as the Offensive Coordinator. Previously, he coached the Tri-County Freeze to a Division 2 Championships and coaching the Leduc Ti-cats to a Provincial Championship. Although bleeding green with rider pride, he now also bleeds navy and red as he looks forward to 2008 and the Colts making a run for the PFC Championship and… a run at the National Championship

External links

* [http://www.calgarycolts.com/ Calgary Colts homepage]
* [http://www.cjfl.ca/ Canadian Junior Football League]