Burlington, Ontario – Wilfrid Laurier head coach talks ‘no huddle’ at the CFC Coaches Clinic
Michael Faulds will be speaking at the BURLINGTON COACHES CLINIC on March 28 & March 29. Michael will be speaking on ‘running the no huddle’. CFC is excited to have such a great young coach participate in our Burlington clinic. Prior to Wilfrid Laurier Michael was the offensive coordinator at York University. His playing career at Western University saw him become the all-time CIS passing yardage leader.
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Coach Faulds BIO
Michael Faulds enters his second season as head coach and offensive coordinator for the Golden Hawks. The sixth head coach in the 52 year history of Laurier’s football program, Faulds was hired on January 8, 2013 to succeed Gary Jeffries, who stepped down following the 2012 season.
Despite being a head coach for the first time in his career, Faulds brings to Laurier an already impressive resume that includes numerous accomplishments as both a coach and a player.
He joins the Hawks after serving the previous three seasons as the offensive coordinator for the York Lions. In that position, he masterminded the rapid succession of a York program that went from 26th to seventh in the country in yardage per game. In his final season with the Lions in 2012, York ranked third overall in the OUA in both passing and total yards per game using a no-huddle, pro-style offence.
Faulds has also been successful as a coach on the international stage. In 2012, he served as the quarterback coach for Team Canada at the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) U19 World Championship, helping guide the team to a 23-17 victory over the heavily-favoured American squad in the gold medal game. He reprised the role this past February when he coached Team World at the International Bowl in Austin, Texas.
His path into coaching is grounded in a stellar career as a player at both the CIS and international level. A graduate of Western University with both a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Kinesiology, specializing in coaching, Faulds is the owner of two of the most prestigious records in CIS history, including the CIS all-time passing record of 10,811 yards as well as the single season passing record of 3,033 yards, which he set in 2009. That same season he also was named the OUA Most Outstanding Player while guiding the Mustangs to the Yates Cup. He also earned Yates Cup MVP honours in both 2007 and 2008 after leading Western to the OUA championship.
Outside of the CIS, Faulds had a decorated career with Team Canada, serving as the U19 quarterback on three occasions, including 2000, 2002 and 2003. He also guided Canada to a silver medal at the IFAF Senior World Championship in Austria in July, 2011.
Faulds and his wife Stacey live in Kitchener.
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