Bob Price (Canadian football), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Bob Price (Canadian football)

Football coach

Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1955

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Bob Price (Canadian football)

  • Bob Price (born July 24, 1955) is a former tight end coach and recruiting coordinator for the Virginia Cavaliers.
  • He also was head coach of the Montreal Alouettes during the team's first season in 1996.
  • He is the brother of Jim Price a tight end for the St.
  • Louis Rams and the Dallas Cowboys. Born in New York City, Price grew up in Dumont, New Jersey.
  • He began coaching college football as a graduate assistant coach at Idaho State University from 1979–80.
  • One of his fellow GAs was current Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis.
  • He spent the next two seasons as the defensive coordinator at Eastern Utah.
  • In 1983 he was the team's head coach.
  • From 1984–1985 he was the linebackers and special teams coach at Nevada.
  • From 1986–89 he was the defensive coordinator, secondary coach and special teams coach at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
  • He coached the 1990 season with the California Golden Bears as the team's assistant secondary coach. Price spent the next six seasons in the Canadian Football League.
  • In 1991 he was the secondary coach of the Ottawa Rough Riders.
  • From 1992–93 Price was the defensive coordinator and secondary coach with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
  • In 1994 he was hired as the defensive coordinator of the expansion Baltimore Stallions.
  • He also coached the team's linebackers and defensive backs.
  • Baltimore advanced to the Grey Cup both seasons and won it in 1995.
  • When the team moved to Montreal in 1996, Price was hired as the first head coach of the resurrected Montreal Alouettes.
  • Price guided the Alouettes to a 12–6 record, losing to the 15–3 Toronto Argonauts in the Eastern Division Finals. From 1997–2009 Price was a member of the University of Virginia's coaching staff, serving under head coaches George Welsh and Al Groh.
  • He served as running backs coach from 1997–1999 before being moved to defensive backs coach 2000.
  • In 2005, Price moved to the position of Tight End Coach and Recruiting Coordinator.
  • At UVA, Price coached Thomas Jones and Almondo Curry.
  • The Cavaliers went to bowl games seven times during Price's tenure, winning three.

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