Stevenson Bone enters his second season at UBC after being hired as the Thunderbirds’ offensive coordinator and quarterback coach in July of 2022.
Bone came from the University of Guelph where he was the manager of football operations in addition to being the quarterbacks & running backs coach from 2019-21. Prior to his time with the Gryphons he held positions in football operations with the Canadian Football League Head Office and the Toronto Argonauts.
During UBC’s 2022 campaign Bone oversaw an offense which averaged 440 yards per game (fifth nationally) and was the number one rushing team in Canada West. Three members of his offence were selected as All-Canadians while offensive lineman, Theo Benedet, was awarded the J.P. Metras Trophy as the Most Outstanding Lineman in the country.
Highly regarded as a QB coach, Bone is in his fifth-year coaching quarterbacks at the prestigious Manning Passing Academy in Thibodeaux, Louisiana, the only Canadian coach to hold this position.
Bone has coached at the annual U SPORTS All-Star East-West Bowl game, serving as quarterbacks coach in 2022; was head football coach of the OSFL Guelph Jr. Gryphons in 2022; and from 2014-2018 worked with the OVFL London Jr. Mustangs organization as the OC & QB Coach. A two time Academic All-Canadian during his playing career as a quarterback with the Western University Mustangs, Bone won the National Championship Vanier Cup in 2017 and OUA Championships in 2013 & 2017.
Before attending Western, Bone played CEGEP Football with the John Abbott College Islanders and the Vanier College Cheetahs.
From Darien Connecticut, Bone appeared in the 2008 state championship as a QB with Darien HS.
Bone earned his bachelor’s degree in Geography from Western University in 2016 and received his master’s degree in Kinesiology with a specialization in Leadership and Management in 2018.
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