Steven Sumarah is the

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of the

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. He has also been the head coach of the Canada National Junior Football Team since 2016. As the head coach, he led Team Canada to a IFAF World Junior Championship in 2018 with a 13-7 win over Team Mexico in

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Coaching career

After serving as offensive coordinator for the

for eight seasons, Sumarah was promoted to head coach of the program in 2006. He led the team to four straight

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championships including an appearance in the 2007 Vanier Cup game. He was named coach of the year in

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. After his dismissal from the Huskies, he was hired on January 16, 2012 to become the head coach of the

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, who began play in 2013. He was the head coach of the Ravens for eight seasons where he had a record of 29–33 before being dismissed on January 12, 2022. On February 2, 2022, it was announced that Sumarah had been hired as the offensive coordinator for the

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, reuniting him with former Huskies head coach,

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. However, following the resignation of Saint Mary's Huskies' head coach James Colzie in April 2022, Sumarah was hired to return to the Huskies football program as the team's head coach on June 8, 2022.

Personal life

Sumarah lives in Halifax with his wife, Amanda Hardiman, and has one daughter, Brooke, and two stepchildren, Ryan and Brianna.

References

External links

Carleton Ravens bio
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