Pat Tracey is in his first season as the defensive coordinator with the UBC Thunderbirds football program. He most recently worked in the Canadian Football League as special teams coordinator for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
Tracey spent over a decade with Queen’s, where he served as defensive coordinator, special teams coach, and recruiting coordinator. His work was instrumental in leading Queen’s to the 2009 Vanier Cup championship. In 2011, the Gaels defence did not concede a single rushing touchdown in the regular season. Tracey’s CIS record includes 113 career wins as a defensive coordinator.
He has coached the East team in recent CIS East-West Bowl games, serving as defensive backs coach in 2003, defensive coordinator in 2004, and special teams coordinator in 2005, 2007 and 2008. Tracey was the special teams coach for Canada at the 2007 Global Football Championship, held during the week of Super Bowl XLI, which the Canadians won for the third straight year. He also served as special teams and defensive backs coach for Canada at the IFAF Sr. World Football Championships in Austria in 2011.
Prior to joining Queen’s, Tracey coached with the Guelph Gryphons from 1987-97 and 1999, holding various positions including defensive backs and return units, inside linebackers, defensive coordinator, and special teams coordinator. He was the team’s recruiting coordinator from 1995 until leaving for Hamilton in early 1998. He coached in three Yates Cup finals with the Gryphons, winning two. Tracey spent the 1998 season on a leave of absence from Guelph, and joined the Hamilton Tiger-Cats as Special Teams Coach, on a staff led by CFL legend Ron Lancaster. Hamilton advanced to the Grey Cup with his assistance.
Tracey started at defensive back from 1982 through 1986 with the Guelph Gryphons, winning the Vanier Cup in 1984.
