Head Coach: Blake Nill
- Blake Nill boasts over 25 years of head coaching experience, taking the top job at UBC in 2015 after time at Saint Mary's and Calgary
- He won both the Hardy Cup and Vanier Cup in his first year with the Thunderbirds, becoming the first coach in U SPORTS history to guide two different schools to a Vanier Cup victory
- During his tenure the T-Birds have had 35 CFL draft selections and the first NFL draft pick in program history (Giovanni Manu, 2024)
See his full bio:
gothunderbirds.ca/staff.aspx?staff=467
Click here for the entire Football coaching staff:
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UBC Football Head Coaching History
Years Coach
1923-24 –
No Coach
1924-36 – Dr. Gordon Burke
1937-41 – Maury Van Vliet
1942 – John Farina
1943-44 –
No Team
1945-47 – Greg Kabat
1948 – Don Wilson
1949-50 – Orville Burke
1951-52 – Hjalmer Anderson
1953-54 – Don Coryell
1955-72 – Frank Gnup
1973 – Norm Thomas
1974-94 – Frank Smith
1995-97 – Casey Smith
1998 – Dave Johnson
1999-01 – Jay Prepchuk
2002-05 – Laurent DesLauriers
2006-09 – Ted Goveia
2010-14 – Shawn Olson
2015-Present – Blake Nill
