FCCA Convention 2012: Argo’s Jim Barker to help Canadian coaches develop CFL style pass offense

Impressive line-up includes Ticats Cortez & Malone, Ptaszek, Lumsden and many more

The 2012 Football Canada Coaches Association (FCCA) convention, brought to you by Voxx Sports, is proud to announce the addition of Toronto Argonauts General Manager, Jim Barker to the 2012 FCCA Convention line-up, March 24-25 at Corpus Christi Secondary School.

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a) FCCA members convention price $69.95
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b) Non-FCCA members $109.95
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c) GROUP / STAFF DISCOUNT (5 or more) $89.95
Note: Does not include membership & must be pre-paid
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BIO

Barker will help Canadian coaches develop a CFL style pass offense when he presents on “Developing the CFL pass offense, x’s and o’s”.

Jim Barker returned to the Toronto Argonauts as Head Coach in 2010, transforming a team that had won seven games in two years and led them back to the playoffs with 10 wins, including a berth in the 2010 Eastern Division Final. Following his successful season, Barker was promoted to General Manager & Head Coach and took home the Annus Stukus trophy as the 2010 CFL Coach of the Year.

2010 marked Barker’s second time in Double Blue. In 1997, he helped mastermind an offence that has since been regarded as one of the greatest in CFL history. At the time, he was named Head Coach of the Argonauts in 1999, he was the youngest coach in the CFL. He has held coaching positions in the NCAA, CFL and XFL and is a three-time Grey Cup champion (1997, 2002, 2008) as both a coach and a football executive.

Barker has coached football for more than 30 years. He began coaching 10- and 11-year-olds in Arcadia, CA, and is now recognized throughout North America as one of pre-eminent experts in his field. He is one of the few individuals in U.S. college football history with experience at every level of the NCAA. In seven seasons of professional football, he has coached three championship clubs – two Grey Cups and one XFL championship. He has worked with some of the finest coaches in the history of the Canadian Football League including Don Matthews and Ray Jauch, the former Head Coach of the Edmonton Eskimos and Saskatchewan Roughriders.

His full-time coaching career in Canada began in 1996 on the staff of the Montreal Alouettes. The Alouettes set a club record for wins that year but lost in the East Division final to the eventual Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts. In 1997, he was named the Co-Offensive Coordinator and Offensive Line Coach for Toronto and was instrumental in guiding an offence that scored a remarkable 660 points and finished with a 15-3 regular season record. In 1999, he was named Head Coach of the Argonauts and finished with a respectable 9-9 regular season record and a playoff berth.

Following the sale of the Argos in 2000, Barker moved back to the U.S. and coached the Los Angeles Xtreme to the first and only XFL championship. His work with quarterback Tommy Maddox is well documented as Maddox went on to win the XFL Player of the Year award and in 2002 was named the NFL Comeback Player of the Year with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Barker then returned to Canada and again teamed with Matthews as an Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach where he helped take the 2002 Alouettes to their first Grey Cup championship in 25 years. His quarterback, Anthony Calvillo, enjoyed his finest season as a pro and was named the East Division Player of the Year. In 2003, Barker moved to Calgary where he served for one season as Head Coach of the Stampeders.