Kelly Bates
SFU football names new offensive coordinator
March 30, 2015[caption id="attachment_1970" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Joe Paopao replaces Jacques Chapdelaine, who was both the team’s head coach and offensive coordinator. Image courtesy of Ottawa Citizen[/caption] Last Wednesday, SFU Athletics announced Joe Paopao as the newly hired offensive coordinator of the SFU football team. Paopao, a native of Honolulu, HI, is no stranger to the BC football scene, having spent seven of his 11 seasons playing in the CFL with the BC Lions before multiple stints on the BC Lions coaching staff, including one season as head coach in 1996. He has held coaching jobs on various CFL teams, serving as the…
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SFU’s new football head coach is a man with a story to tell
March 9, 2015[caption id="attachment_1005" align="alignnone" width="980"] Before becoming a coach, Kelly Bates had a 10-year career as an offensive linesman in the CFL, spending time on the BC Lions, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Saskatchewan Roughriders, and Edmonton Eskimos. Image courtesy of SFU Athletics.[/caption]…
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SFU football continues search for new coach
February 20, 2015[caption id="attachment_106" align="alignnone" width="2162"] SFU Athletics now have two candidates to replace Jacques Chapdelaine. Image Credit: Austin Cozicar /The Peak[/caption] Just a few days ago, it appeared as if SFU football had…
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