Jim Barker

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Jim Barker (born August, 1956 in Pasadena, California) is the head coach and general manager of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. Barker served as an assistant college football coach at San Francisco State (1978-81), Occidental (1982-84), New Mexico State (1985-87), University of Nevada, Reno (1988), and Pomona-Pitzer (1989-95). Barker also served as Pomona-Pitzer's head baseball coach concurrent to his work as the Sagehens' offensive coordinator. Barker's CFL coaching career began in 1996 as a member of the Montreal Alouettes coaching staff. The Alouettes set a team record for wins, but lost in the Eastern Division Finals to the Toronto Argonauts. In 1997, he was named the Argonauts' Co-Offensive Coordinator and Offensive Line Coach and was instrumental in guiding one of the best offences in CFL history. In 1999 he replaced the departing Don Matthews as head coach of the Argonauts, becoming the youngest head coach in the CFL. In 2000, he moved back to the United States and was the Offensive Coordinator of the Los Angeles Xtreme who went on to win the XFL Championship.