****UPDATE DEC 17th, 2015 @ 9:30EST******
The Ottawa Gee-Gees have apparently found their new Defensive Coordinator.
According to TVA Sports football analyst Charles-Antoine Sinotte, the Gee-Gees are set to announce that Jean-Vincent Posy-Audette will take over the position:
Jean-Vincent Posy-Audette quitterait #Als pour devenir Coordonateur Défensif des @uOttawaGeeGees.Il avait occupé le même rôle avec Vert&Or
— CA Sinotte (@CASinotte) December 16, 2015
He replaces Devin Murphy, whose contract was not renewed after this fall season.
Posy-Audette comes to the Gee-Gees after completing a stint with the CFL’s Montreal Alouettes as an Assistant Coach for two seasons. Previous to that, he was Special Teams Coordinator and Defensive Backs Coach with Sherbrooke Vert et Or under Andre Bolduc.
As for his playing career, Posy-Audette suited up for the Laval Rouge et Or from 1996-1999 inclusively. He was taken 42nd overall by the Toronto Argonauts in the 2000 CFL Draft.
On Thursday morning, the Gee-Gees announced Posy-Audette’s hiring. The following is the official announcement:
Defensive Coordinator Jean-Vincent Posy-Audette joins Gee-Gees
The Gee-Gees football program has hired Jean-Vincent Posy-Audette as defensive coordinator. Posy-Audette will move to uOttawa from the Montreal Alouettes where he was a scout and football operations assistant for the 2015 season.
The move marks a return to CIS football after two years with the Alouettes. A two-time All-Canadian at defensive back, Posy-Audette won the Vanier Cup as a player with the Rouge et Or in 1999 before being drafted by the Toronto Argonauts. After two seasons with the boatmen Posy-Audette began his full-time coaching career with the Montreal Carabins as the special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach.
In 2007 he moved to the Sherbrooke Vert et Or in the same roles and became defensive coordinator in 2012. That season the team was first in the CIS with five defensive touchdowns, sixth in interceptions with 13, and tenth with 23.3 points allowed per game. Between the Carabins and Vert et Or, the 39-year old has 12 seasons of coaching experience in the CIS.
“I am excited about the opportunity to return to coaching and the University of Ottawa has so many positives,” says Posy-Audette, listing the academic environment, downtown location, and bilingual nature of the institution as advantages to student-athletes before continuing, “I always saw Ottawa as a sleeping giant – there is so much potential and I believe Jamie is doing a great job. I’m just a new piece of the puzzle but I’ll work hard to bring back the glory days.
“He comes strongly recommended and I was impressed by his enthusiasm and passion,” says Gee-Gees head coach Jamie Barresi, who will begin his fourth season at the helm in 2016. “His experience in the pros both coaching and playing is extremely valuable. He is a good communicator and I think the players will enjoy learning from him.”
Posy-Audette, who is bilingual, is originally from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors for The Foundation for the Sustainable Development of Haiti since 2007. He has attended three NFL camps as a guest coach with the Cincinnati Bengals and Chicago Bears and has coached within the Quebec provincial team system as defensive coordinator at the U17 level, winning two national championships.
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