The Ottawa Gee Gees athletic department is expected to announce Gary Etcheverry as the next head coach, interim. Negotiations between the two parties began this morning. If selected as the head coach expect a similar defensive system as the Gee Gees had last season. Etcheverry is expected to introduce the ‘double wing’ as the new offensive system.
In the past months the Gee Gees lost their head coach J.P. Asselin and offensive coordinator Chris Coulson to the upstart Carleton Ravens. Danny Laramee & Gary Etcheverry were courted to fill the ‘interim’ head coaching position after Jamie Baressi turned down the Gee Gees last week.
Etcheverry has a history of coaching on both sides of the border and in Europe. He began his coaching career in 1978 and has coached in the NCAA, CFL, Europe, CJFL, and the CIS. His one head coaching experience was in 2002 with the Toronto Argonauts. His most recent coaching experience was the defensive coordinator with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
The average tenure of a Gee Gees head coach in the past 25 years is 4 seasons.
J.P. Asselin (1 season) 2011
J.P. Asselin (1 season) 2010 (Interim)
Denis Piche (8 seasons) 2002-2009
Andy McEvoy (1 season) 2001 (Interim)
Marcel Bellefeuille (3 seasons) 1998-2000
Larry Ring (7 seasons) 1991-1997
Jim Daley (6 seasons) 1985-1990
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