Mounties head coach named

Mount Allion is pleased to announce that Kelly Jeffrey has been named the head coach of the Mount Allison University Football Mounties. Following an open national search Jeffrey was rehired without reservation to remain as full-time head coach and offensive co-ordinator of the team.

Hired as an interim head coach last season, Jeffrey led the 2008 Mounties to a playoff berth for a second time since 1999. His 2008 team was more than a legitimate contender in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) conference. His squad was guided by an explosive and exciting offence that thrilled football fans across the country, and in three contests this season the Mounties were edged out in just the closing minutes. This year’s Mounties also boasted the conference’s MVP, five AUS all-stars, two All-Canadians, and the AUS Hec Crighton Award nominee for the nation’s top player.

Jeffrey joined the Mounties in 2006 and was the quarterbacks coach, an offensive co-ordinator, and the special teams co-ordinator, before taking the head coaching reins this past season.

Jeffrey came to Mount Allison after being the head coach and offensive co-ordinator at Mayville State University (MSU) in North Dakota for four years (2002-2005). During those four seasons his team set numerous offensive records for most yards per game and total yards in a season, and he coached the all-time single season record holders for individual rushing, receiving, completions, and passing yards. Overall the school set nine offensive records while producing five Don Hanson All-Americans.

Before MSU in 2001, Jeffrey coached quarterbacks at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), and at the University of San Diego (1998-2000), where he trained three all-conference quarterbacks in his three seasons and coached the all-time leading passer in touchdowns, completions, and yardage. He also coached running backs at Northern State University in Aberdeen, SD (1996-1997) and wide receivers at North Dakota’s Dickinson State University (1994-1995), a team that finished with a perfect 10-0 season in 1995, and were conference champions in both 1994 and 1995.

Jeffrey has his Bachelor of Science in Physical Education from Dickinson State University, and his Master’s degree in health, physical education and recreation from Northern State University in Aberdeen.

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