Head Coach: Darrell Devine
Sport: Men’s Rugby
Experience: 4th Season (1 assistant, 3 head coach)
Alma mater: Trent University and Sir Sandford Fleming College
Hometown: Guelph , Ontario
Degree: Bachelor of Science and GIS-Applications Specialist
Darrell started as an assistant with the men's rugby team in 2006 before assuming head coaching duties the following year. With several years of coaching experience, he started with high school teams in the Peterborough/Lindsay area which included both Lindsay and Peterborough Colligate. This led to the OUA where he served as the head coach of the men’s rugby team at Trent University from 2003-2006.
Darrell is an NCCP level III coach and concurrently coaches the Ontario Blues who compete in the new IRB sanctioned Americas Rugby Championship. The tournament sees four provincial sides from Canada joined by the Argentina Jaguars and USA "A".
Darrell spent the majority of his playing career with the Peterborough Pagans but has competed with a number of other club teams including the Burlington Centaurs and more recently the Brantford Harlequins. He has captained both his university team (1996-2000) and the men's rugby club in Peterborough (1998-2006).
In his spare time, Darrell helps to facilitate Rugby Canada's "Introduction to Competition" course, acts as a coach evaluator and assists the senior men's coach in Brantford. With the Gryphon's wining success in the last few years he earned OUA West Coach of the Year in 2008.
