Blake Nill

Blake Nill (born February 16, 1962[1]) is a former Canadian football defensive lineman and the current head coach for the University of British Columbia's football team, the UBC Thunderbirds.[2]

Blake Nill
UBC Thunderbirds
Born: (1962-02-16) February 16, 1962
Hanna, Alberta
Career information
CFL statusNational
Position(s)Head coach
Height6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Weight275 lb (125 kg)
CollegeCalgary
CFL Draft1983 / Round: 3 / Pick: 19
Drafted byMontreal Concordes
Career history
As coach
1992–1997St. Francis Xavier X-Men (DC)
1998–2005Saint Mary's Huskies (HC)
2006–2014Calgary Dinos (HC)
2015–presentUBC Thunderbirds (HC)
As player
1983–1986Montreal Concordes
AwardsCIS Coach of the Year (1999)
Honours3x Vanier Cup champion – (2001, 2002, 2015)

Previously, Nill had served as head coach for the Saint Mary's Huskies football team for eight years from 1998 to 2005. His Huskies teams appeared in four Vanier Cups, winning in 2001 and 2002 while losing in 2003 and 1999. He became head coach of the Calgary Dinos in 2006 where his teams had appeared in three Vanier Cups, losing all three times, in 2009, 2010, and 2014. In his first year as head coach of the Thunderbirds, he won his third Vanier Cup in 2015. As a professional player, he played for four seasons for the Montreal Concordes of the Canadian Football League. Collegiately, he played CIAU football for the Dinos.

References
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  2. "Dinos' Blake Nill will be named new head coach of UBC football at Tuesday presser | the Province". Archived from the original on 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
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