RICHMOND HILL, Ont. - Two legendary Golden Hawks have been named head coaches for Saturday's East-West Bowl, to be held at McMaster University's Ron Joyce Stadium in Hamilton.
The East Team will be led by Dave "Tuffy" Knight. Tom Flaxman of Queen's will be the offensive coordinator, Alex Lothian of Carleton will be the defensive coordinator, and Zak Colangelo of Mount Allison will coordinate special teams.
For the West, Gary Jeffries will act as head coach. Joe D'Amore of Toronto will coordinate the offence, with Shomari Williams of UBC coordinating the defence and Nathan Mollard of Calgary overseeing special teams.
Knight became Laurier football's head coach in 1965. During his tenure until 1983, his teams won four Yates Cups and he became the winningest coach in Canadian university football history at time of retirement.
Originally hailing from Clarksburg, West Virginia, Knight was a three-time winner of the Frank Tindall Trophy as the top university football coach in the nation. In 2007, he became a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
Jeffries' career with the Golden Hawks is highlighted by his 10 years as head coach of the men's football team from 2002-2012, capturing two OUA Championship titles and one CIS Championship during the 2005 season.
He is also a four-time OUA men's football Coach of the Year and was named the 2003 CIS men's football Coach of the Year, with a total career record of 58-22 in the regular season.
In addition to the honourary coaching announcements, there have been several changes to the team rosters that were previously announced for Saturday's game.
For the West, offensive lineman Austin Haas (Saskatchewan) and linebacker Lourenz Bowers-Kane (Western) will not participate.
For the East, running backs Natan Girouard Langlois (Montreal) and Gideone Kremler (SFU) will not participate, nor will receiver Sam Davenport (SFU), offensive linemen Nathaniel Dumoulin-Duguay (Laval) and Jas Khaira (Queen's), defensive lineman Scott Murray (Guelph), and defensive back Jerrell Cummings (SFU).
There are three additions to the East roster: receiver Jacob Patten and offensive lineman Taylor Burns (both of McMaster) and defensive lineman Josh Campbell (Guelph).
The updated rosters, in numerical order, follow this release.
The West prevailed in last year's game 11-8, to stretch their lead in the series to 12-6 overall. The West has won the past five games, with the last win by the East in 2015.
The game is set to kick off at 4 p.m., and will be webcast via
McMaster's YouTube channel.
2023 EAST-WEST BOWL ROSTERS
EAST TEAM
No., Name, Pos, Ht., Wt., University
0, Alexandre-Karl
Boudreau, DB, 5'10, 185, Sherbrooke
1, Brandyn
Martin, DB, 6'0, 204, STFX
2, Keegan
Vanek, DB, 5'10, 196, Queen's
3, Daniel
Bell, DB, 6'2, 215, Mount Allison
4, Eric
Cumberbatch, DB, 6'3, 185, Ottawa
5, Julien
Poirier-McKiggan, REC, 5'10, 185, Acadia
6, Malik
Yusuf, LB, 6'0, 200, Carleton
8, Paul-Antoine
Ouellette, REC, 6'4, 240, Montreal
9, Thomas
Bolduc, QB, 6'3, 205, Laval
10, Liam
Stewart, REC, 6'0, 205, SMU
11, Kevin
Morin, REC, 6'0, 175, Sherbrooke
12, Frédérik
Antoine, REC, 6'1, 215, Laval
13, Isaiah
Okoli, LB, 6'1, 220, SMU
14, Alfred
Olay, REC, 5'8, 165, York
15, Manny
Beals, DB, 5'11, 188, Acadia
17, Anthony
Robichaud, QB, 6'3, 195, Sherbrooke
22, Vincent
Blanchard, K/P, 6'1, 194, Laval
24, Louis
Lavaud, DB, 6'0, 183, Carleton
25, David
Chaloux, RB, 5'10, 190, Bishop's
31, Ahmadou
Boubacar, DB, 6'2, 190, Concordia
44, Zach
Philion, LB, 6'2, 220, Concordia
51, Jay
Turnsek, LB, 5'10, 198, STFX
54, Ramsey
Derbas, LB, 6'2, 215, Saskatchewan
55, Dennis
Rossler, DE, 6'2, 240, Mount Allison
57, Nick
Pilichos, OL, 6'4, 277, Acadia
58, Will
Russell, DT, 6'3, 257, Acadia
59, Nassib
Hassouna, DE, 6'1, 225, McGill
60, Darien
Newell, DT, 6'2, 265, Queen's
61, Patrick
Lavoie, OL, 6'5, 327, Carleton
62, Evan
Anseeuw, OL, 6'4, 290, York
63, Michael
Vlahogiannis, OL, 6'4, 300, McGill
64, Caleb
Purdy, OL, 6'6, 275, SMU
69, Taylor
Burns, OL, 6'4, 300, McMaster
70, Tristan
Fortin, OL, 6'4, 275, Ottawa
71, Kristian
Stewart, DE, 6'5, 230, Guelph
80, Anthony
Paul-Hus, REC, 6'4, 225, Concordia
81, Nicholas
Gendron, REC, 6'1, 195, Ottawa
82, Nykolas
Pierre-Masse, REC, 5'10, 185, Bishop's
83, Jacob
Patten, REC, 6'0, 170, McMaster
84, William
Langlais, TE, 6'3, 206, McGill
91, Josh
Campbell, DE, 6'2, 287, Guelph
94, Jason
Janvier-Messier, DE, 6'3, 230, York
97, Nathan
Brennan, DT, 6'3, 310, York
WEST TEAM
No., Name, Pos, Ht., Wt., University
No., FIRST NAME, FAMILY NAME, POS, HT, WT, SCHOOL
0, Ben
Hadley, K/P, 6'2, 193, STFX
1, AK
Gassama, REC, 5'9, 155, Manitoba
2, Jackson
Cooling, REC, 5'10, 182, McMaster
3, Evan
Hillock, QB, 6'2, 205, Western
4, Ryan
Baker, LB, 6'2, 220, UBC
5, DeEmetrius
Masuka, DB, 6'2, 220, McMaster
6, Kevin
Victome, DB, 6'0, 170, Ottawa
7, Kinsale
Philip, QB, 6'0, 200, Toronto
8, Cody
Barton, REC, 6'2, 215, Mount Allison
9, Kaine
Stevenson, REC, 6'0, 203, Guelph
10, Ryan
Collins, DB, 6'6, 225, Toronto
11, Nick
Conway, DB, 5'10, 187, Manitoba
12, Ayo
Ajayi, DB, 6'0, 185, Laurier
13, Cameron
Mah, LB, 5'11, 215, Regina
14, Jackson
Sombach, DB, 5'9, 195, Regina
15, Birhanu
Yitna, REC, 6'0, -, Manitoba
16, Jonathan
Giustini, DB, 6'0, 200, Alberta
17, Stephen
Adamopoulos, DB, 6'4, 202, Manitoba
20, Matthew
Peterson, RB, 5'10, 201, Alberta
21, Devonte
Ballantyne, DB, 5'11, 190, McMaster
22, Justin
Succar, REC, 5'9, 175, Waterloo
26, Craig
Coleman, FB/TE, 6'3, 230, Western
29, Richard
Aduboffour, DB, 6'3, 200, Western
31, Chris
John, RB, 5'10, 225, Windsor
32, Tanner
Nelmes, RB, 6'0, 213, Laurier
40, Mitchell
Townsend, LB, 6'4, 235, UBC
47, Owen
Hubert, DE, 6'4, 255, McMaster
49, Nick
Wiebe, LB, 6'3, 240, Saskatchewan
53, Tyson
Hergott, DE, 6'3, 255, Waterloo
54, Max
Nixon, LB, 6'0, 220, Western
57, Luke
Brubacher, DE, 6'6, 250, Laurier
58, Jaxon
Morkin, OL, 6'3, 290, Windsor
60, Daniel
Townsend, OL, 6'6, 375, Calgary
61, Cooper
Hamilton, OL, 6'7, 285, Laurier
65, Anu
Una, OL, 6'3, 300, Windsor
66, Ethan
Kalra, OL, 6'3, 291, Waterloo
68, John
Bosse, OL, 6'6, 320, Calgary
72, Keenan
Dell, DT, 6'2, 290, Toronto
75, Daniel
Shin, OL, 6'4, 270, Alberta
77, Alex
Berwick, OL, 6'3, 325, Western
82, Nigel
LeGood, REC, 6'1, 195, Toronto
87, Brad
Hladik, FB/TE, 6'4, 235, UBC
88, D'Sean
Mimbs, REC, 6'1, 180, Regina
90, Trevon
Halstead, DT, 6'1, 275, Waterloo
91, George
Idoko, DE, 6'3, 210, Saskatchewan
95, Mitch
Price, DT, 6'1, 305, McMaster
99, Curtis
Woodmansey, DT, 6'3, 291, Guelph
EAST-WEST BOWL RESULTS:
2022 (at McMaster): West 11, East 8
2021: No game (COVID-19)
2020: No game (COVID-19)
2019 (at Carleton): West 35, East 17
2018 (at Laval): West 15, East 14
2017 (at Laval): West 37, East 13
2016 (at McGill): West 29, East 14
2015 (at McGill): East 29, West 21
2014 (at Western): East 19, West 12
2013 (at Western): West 18, East 17
2012 (at Western): East 24, West 16
2011 (at Western): East 34, West 27 (OT)?
2010 (at Western): East 12, West 9?
2009 (at Western): West 16, East 7
2008 (at McMaster): East 25, West 12?
2007 (at Laval): West 22, East 19 (OT)?
2006 (at Laval): West 34, East 26 (OT)?
2005 (at Laurier): West 34, East 16?
2004 (at Laurier): West 21, East 12?
2003 (at Laurier): West 10, East 5
