Danny Barrett
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| Danny Barrett | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | December 18, 1961 |
| Place of birth |  Boynton Beach, Florida |
| Position(s) | Quarterback Slotback Head coach |
| College | Cincinnati |
| Team(s) as a player | |
| 1983-1985 1985-1988 1989-1991 1992-1993, 1998 1994-1995 1996 |
Calgary Stampeders Toronto Argonauts Calgary Stampeders British Columbia Lions Ottawa Rough Riders Calgary Stampeders |
| Team(s) as a coach/administrator | |
| 2000-2006 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Danny Barrett is a former Canadian Football League (CFL) quarterback and was most recently head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders until November 27, 2006. He was the Roughriders’ 25th head coach in modern time. Barrett coached the Riders in more regular season games than any other coach in Roughrider history; however, Barrett posted a winning record only once in his previous seven years of coaching the Roughriders. Many Roughrider fans view that as a disappointing fact of Barrett's coaching record. His overall record as head coach of the Roughriders was 57 wins, 68 losses, and one tie.
Prior to becoming Saskatchewan Roughrider head coach, Barrett spent his previous two seasons as an assistant coach with the British Columbia Lions. During the 1999 campaign, Barrett coached the Lions’ receiver corps. In 1998, his first season with the Lions, Barrett began the season on the sidelines as the quarterback coach and assistant offensive coordinator but was forced out of retirement and dressed as the Lions’ backup quarterback for 15 games. Barrett joined the coaching fraternity in 1997 with the Calgary Stampeders. As a first year assistant coach, Barrett was in charge of the Stampeder quarterbacks, which included Jeff Garcia, Dave Dickenson and Henry Burris.
Before turning pro with the Calgary Stampeders, Barrett was a star at the University of Cincinnati. In 1982, he co-captained the Bearcats and earned an Honorable Mention Associated Press All-American nomination. During his professional playing career, Barrett played in 163 regular season CFL games with Calgary, Toronto, B.C. and Ottawa. His career totals include; 23,419 yards passing, 1,656 completions in 3,078 attempts and 133 touchdowns passed. At one point, he held the record for most passing yards (601) in a CFL game[1].
In 1985, Barrett saw playing time as a slotback with the Calgary Stampeders hauling in 32 passes for 455 yards and two touchdowns. Barrett also quarterbacked the 1987 Argonauts and the 1991 Stampeders to Grey Cup appearances. In the 1991 Grey Cup, Barrett set a CFL record for completions with 34. In 1992, Barrett was selected as the Tom Pate recipient while a member of the B.C. Lions for his outstanding contributions to the league, his team and his community. This award was voted on by the CFLPA.
In 1999 Roy Shivers, the former Director of Player Personnel for the Calgary Stampeders, assumed the duties of general manager of the Roughriders. Shivers hired Barrett as the head coach despite the latter's limited coaching experience. The Roughriders made football history by being the first professional team with a black general manager and head coach. The team improved during Barrett's first four seasons, largely because Shivers--an astute appraiser of football talent with many connections to U.S. college teams--recruited and signed better players. In 2003 the team ended with an 11-7 record, and lost a close Western final playoff game to the Edmonton Eskimos. The team seemed on the verge of being championship calibre.
By 2006, after three consecutive .500 seasons--capped by a humiliating 2006 Western final loss to the B.C. Lions by a score of 45-18--an increasing number of fans began to question the leadership provided by Shivers and Barrett, and Shivers eventually was dismissed by the team's Board of Directors. On August 23, 2006 the Roughriders hired Eric Tillman as general manager. There was rampant speculation that Barrett would be dismissed, but Tillman was publicly circumspect. In the weeks leading to his ultimate departure, Barrett was unusually--and perhaps unwisely--expressive to the media about his views on the firing of Shivers. Reports indicate that Tillman had offered Barrett a one-year contract to continue as head coach, but either Barrett rejected the offer or Tillman withdrew it.
On February 7, 2007 TSN reported that Barrett turned down an offer from the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, as an offensive co-ordinator, to go to the University of Buffalo, where he will become the quarterbacks coach.[2]
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