- Joe Galat
Joe Galat was born in
Painesville ,Ohio and has extensive experience in professional football as a player, coach, general manager, broadcaster, and youth executive. [http://www.myspace.com/deliveryintercept MySpace.com - UPS Delivery Intercept Challenge Video Contest - 58 - Garçon - NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana - www.myspace.com/deliveryintercept ] ] He is best known as a former college and professional football coach who starred atMiami University (Ohio) as a player. In addition to an extensive college coaching career, Joe has coached in theNational Football League as a coach with theNew York Giants andHouston Oilers , as well as inCanada . Joe Galat also worked as a national color commentator for theCanadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in Canada. He is the president ofAmerican Youth Football & Cheer. Established in 1996, the organization currently operates in 44 states and has more than 250,000 documented participants. [ [http://www.americanyouthfootball.com/about.asp AYF - American Youth Football & Cheer ] ]Playing and Coaching Career
After playing for Harvey High School in Painesville, Ohio, Joe Galat attended Miami University (Ohio) where he captained both the Miami Redskins football and wrestling teams. The university known as the ‘
Cradle of Coaches ’ remains today a member of theMid-American Conference . [ [http://mac-sports.com/ MAC-Sports.com—Official Web Site of the Mid-American Conference ] ] Joe Galat was inducted to the Miami Redhawks Hall of Fame [ [http://muredhawks.cstv.com/trads/hall-of-fame-alpha.html Miami - Miami University RedHawks - Official Athletic Site ] ] . After graduation in1962 Galat’s football apprenticing would continue under the legendary coaching trio ofBo Schembechler ,Carmen Cozza , andJohn McVay (Vice-President of theSan Francisco 49ers who collaborated with 49ers head coachBill Walsh in one of the most successful dynasties in NFL history) tallying five Super Bowl victories.After a tour as an assistant coach in the
NCAA atYale University ,Miami University ,University of Kentucky and for the NFL’s New York Giants and Houston Oilers, the Painesville native was hired as Head Coach and General Manager of theMontreal Alouettes in theCanadian Football League by then owner George Allen [ [http://www.birminghamprosports.com/birminghamstallionshistory.htm BirminghamProSports.com ] ] . In the hockey crazedprovince ofQuebec Galat hired the first French Canadian coach in CFL history, Mr. Jacques Dussault [ [http://www.iforum.umontreal.ca/Forum/2005-2006/20051114/AU_sport.html Université de Montréal - Journal Forum - 14 novembre 2005 - Jacques Dussault et ses 30 ans de dévouement et de passion ] ] . Galat and Dussault initiated clinics to teach and motivate the game of football in the province of Quebec.Giving Back
With his time spent coaching and managing professional and college football teams, Galat volunteered some of his time to attend youth football league functions. When he became president of American Youth Football, Galat’s strategy became simple: change the rules and traditions of the game creating unlimited weight divisions and restrict older kids from playing younger age kids. The National Football League works with AYF as a National Youth Football on making the game better for the kids [ [http://www.nflhs.com/NFLPrograms/YouthFund/HowWeHelp_01182002_sim.asp NFLHS.COM - Youth Football Fund: How the NFL Can Help ] ] . New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss is also giving back to the game as a spokesperson for AYF. [ [http://www.patriots.com/news/index.cfm?ac=generalnewsdetail&pid=28046&pcid=76 Randy Moss teams up with American Youth Football ] ] While returning to Montreal for his Daughter’s admission to
McGill University in 1999, Galat was asked by John Gilman, founder and former Chief Executive Officer ofFieldTurf , to help introduce the upstart company called FieldTurf, a replication of a grass sports field. Galat called on many NFL and Major College football coaches and general managers. The results of independent research proved that FieldTurf was a safer and more durable surface than a good natural grass field [http://www.rosenet.org/MAF/mafDocs/injuryOnTurf.pdf] . In addition to his Presidential duties with American Youth Football, Joe Galat currently holds the title of Vice-President of Sales at FieldTurf Tarkett [ [http://www.answers.com/topic/fieldturf-tarkett?cat=biz-fin FieldTurf Tarkett: Information and Much More from Answers.com ] ] .CFL Coaching Record
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