Jim Eddy (1936-2016) *80
This memorial website was created in memory of Jim Eddy, 80, born on May 2, 1936 and passed away on October 27, 2016.
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was a football coach who worked in the National Football League, Canadian Football League, as well as in college.
Eddy's coaching career began in 1968 when he joined the coaching staff of the New Mexico State Aggies at his alma mater, New Mexico State University. In 1972, he left NMSU to join Tommy Hudspeth's UTEP Miners coaching staff as the defensive backfield coach. Eddy next coaching job was as the defensive coordinator of Saskatchewan Roughriders, which he held until he was promoted to head coach in 1977. In Eddy's first season, the Roughriders went 8–8 and missed the playoffs only one season removed from playing the Ottawa Rough Riders in the 64th Grey Cup. Eddy was fired during the 1978 season after the Riders lost their first five games. In 1979, Eddy joined the Hamilton Tiger-Cats coaching staff, where he was reunited with his former boss in Saskatchewan, John Payne. His next coaching job was with the Montreal Alouettes, first as the defensive backfield coach, then as the Als interim head coach. In 1982, Eddy moved to the front office as director of player personnel of the Toronto Argonauts . Along with head coach Bob O'Billovich, Eddy rebuilt an Argonauts team that had gone 2–14 the prior season into a team that won the East Division championships in both of Eddy's seasons there and won the 71st Grey Cup in 1983. Eddy was the defensive coordinator of the San Antonio Gunslingers for both of the team's seasons in the United States Football League (USFL).
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