Danny Maciocia

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Danny Maciocia (b. May 26, 1967 in Montréal, Quebec) is the head coach and former offensive coordinator of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos.

Maciocia grew up in an English-speaking neighborhood in suburban Montreal, and also spend part of his youth in San Francisco. He attended Texas Christian University on a football scholarship.

A professional coaching career began for Maciocia in 1993 when he took a job as an assistant coach with the Canadian junior national football team. In 1995, he movied into the ranks of the CJFL as offensive coordiator of the St. Leonard Cougars, who won the championship of the league in Maciocia's first year. In 1998, Maciocia entered the CFL as the runningbacks coach of the Montreal Alouettes. In 2001, he became offensive coordinator in Montreal, then took the same position in Edmonton the following seaosn.

Maciocia was appointed as head coach of the Eskimos after the firing of former coach Tom Higgins following 2004 CFL season. Maciocia became the first Quebec-born head coach in CFL history and the first Canadian head coach of the Eskimos since Annis Stukus in 1951. In 2005, Maciocia guided the Eskimos to a championship victory in the 93rd Grey Cup, the thirteenth in frianchise history.

The 2006 season was not successful for Maciocia and the Eskimos. The team missed the playoffs for the first time in 35 years, ending a record streak for consecutive postseason appearances among North American professional sports teams. Rumors abounded of Maciocia being on the hotseat after the 2006 campaign, but during the offseason he was surprisingly given a promtion. In addition to coach, Maciocia became director of football operations. As a result, he has a high degree control over decisions on player personnel. Despite Maciocia taking more control, the Eskimos finished with an even worse record in 2007 and once again missed the playoffs.

Maciocia was also the head coach of the 2004 edition of the Canadian junior football team for the eighth NFL Global Junior Championship.

Coach Maciocia is married with two children, and resides in the Edmonton suburb of St. Albert, Alberta. He speaks fluent English, French, and Italian.

[edit] CFL Coaching Record

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
Team	Year	Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Result
EDM	2005	11	7	0	.611	3^rd in West Division	3	0	Win Grey Cup
EDM	2006	7	11	0	.389	4^th in West Division	-	-
EDM	2007	5	12	1	.306	4^th in West Division	-	-

Preceded by Tom Higgins	Edmonton Eskimos Head Coaches 2005–	Succeeded by current coach
Preceded by Pinball Clemons	Grey Cup winning Head Coach 93rd Grey Cup, 2005	Succeeded by Wally Buono

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Stukus • Filchock • Royal • Ivy • Lyle • Keys • Armstrong • Jauch • Campbell • Kettela • Parker • Faragalli • Lancaster • Stephenson • Matthews • Higgins • Maciocia