Pat Tracey

Pat Tracey enters his 30th season patrolling the sidelines, and his second as the defensive coordinator with the UBC Thunderbirds football program. He was a defensive assistant on the 2015 Vanier Cup Championship squad.
 
Prior to UBC, Tracey was the special teams coordinator with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL and spent over a decade with Queen’s (OUA), 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 overall defensive record includes: 124 career wins (third all-time), 15 career shutouts (first all-time), 91 conference All-Stars, 32 All-Canadians, 27 CFL draft picks, three first-round selections including the 2010 first overall pick Shomari Williams, and nine players signed as CFL free-agents.
 
He has coached at the annual East-West Bowl game, serving as defensive backs coach in 2003, defensive coordinator in 2004, and special teams coordinator in 2005, 2007 and 2008. He was defensive coordinator for Team Ontario-East at the Football Canada Cup winning bronze medals in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and capturing a gold medal in 2009.
 
Tracey was the special teams coach for Canada at the 2007 Global Football Championship (Gold medalist). He also served as special teams and defensive backs coach for Canada at the IFAF Sr. World Football Championships in 2011 (Silver medalist).
 
Prior to joining Queen’s, Tracey coached with the Guelph Gryphons (OUA) from 1987-97 and 1999, as both the defensive coordinator, and special teams coordinator. 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 (Eastern Conference Champions and Grey Cup finalist).
 
Tracey started at defensive back from 1982 through 1986 with the Guelph Gryphons, winning the Vanier Cup in 1984. Accolades include: School record for most games played in a career (51), longest fumble return (63), ranks second in games started (49), team captain, most improved player, and was named to 1980’s team of the decade at corner back. He was inducted into the Quinte West Sports Hall of Fame in the builder category in 2015.

Pat, his wife Denise, daughters Devon and Darby and their dog Vanier live in Ladner.