Jerry Friesen

Jerry Friesen
Date of birth October 27, 1955
Place of birth Rosthern, Saskatchewan
Career information
Position(s) LB
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 220 lb (100 kg)
College University of Saskatchewan
CFL draft 1978 / Round: 2
Drafted by Montreal Alouettes
Career history
As coach
1986–95 Saskatchewan Huskies
1996 Saskatchewan Roughriders
1997–2000 Calgary Dinos
2001–10 Alberta Golden Bears
2011 Saskatchewan Roughriders
As player
1978–80 Montreal Alouettes
1981–85 Saskatchewan Roughriders
Awards 1985 - Tom Pate Memorial Award

Jerry Friesen is a former award winning linebacker in the Canadian Football League and university coach.[1]

A graduate of University of Saskatchewan, Friesen was 3 time all-star with the Huskies. In 1994 he was inducted into the Huskie Wall of Fame.[2]

He was drafted by the Montreal Alouettes, playing 48 regular season games with them.[3] He then joined his hometown Saskatchewan Roughriders for 5 years, winning the prestigious Tom Pate Memorial Award for outstanding community service in 1985.

Friesen took up coaching after his playing days. He started with alma mater as an assistant coach for the Saskatchewan Huskies for 10 seasons, winning the Vanier Cup in 1990. After a year as linebacker coach with the Green Riders, he was defensive coordinator with the Calgary Dinos. He next spent 10 years as head coach of the Alberta Golden Bears, being named CIS coach of the year in 2004, before he resigned to return to the Riders.

In 2008 he was enshrined in the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame.[4]

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