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{{Short description|Canadian gridiron football coach}}
{{For|those of a similar name|Jim Daly (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2011}}
{{Infobox Canadian Football League biography
| name = Jim Daley
| image = JimDaleyRiders.JPG
| alt = 
| caption = Daley with the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] in [[2010 Saskatchewan Roughriders season|2010]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|7|15}}
| birth_place = [[Ottawa]], Ontario, Canada
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| team = St. Francis Xavier X-Men
| status = 
| position1 = [[Special teams coach|Special Teams Coordinator]]
| height_ft = 
| height_in = 
| weight_lb = 
| coaching_years1 = 1982–1984
| coaching_team1 = [[Ottawa Sooners]] ([[Head coach|HC]])
| coaching_years2 = 1985–1990
| coaching_team2 = [[Ottawa Gee-Gees football|Ottawa Gee-Gees]] ([[Head coach|HC]])
| coaching_years3 = 1991
| coaching_team3 = [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] ([[Special teams coach|STC]]/[[Running backs coach|RB]])
| coaching_years4 = 1992–1993
| coaching_team4 = [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] ([[Special teams coach|STC]])
| coaching_years5 = 1993
| coaching_team5 = Ottawa Rough Riders ([[Defensive coordinator|DLC]])
| coaching_years6 = 1994–1995
| coaching_team6 = [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] ([[Defensive coordinator|DC]])
| coaching_years7 = 1996–1998
| coaching_team7 = Saskatchewan Roughriders ([[Head coach|HC]])
| coaching_years8 = 2000–2002
| coaching_team8 = [[Calgary Stampeders]] ([[Defensive coordinator|DLC]])
| coaching_years9 = 2003
| coaching_team9 = Calgary Stampeders ([[Defensive coordinator|DC/LB]])
| coaching_years10 = 2004
| coaching_team10 = [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] ([[Special teams coach|STC]]/[[Defensive coordinator|DLC]])
| coaching_years11 = 2004–2005
| coaching_team11 = [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] (HC)
| coaching_years12 = 2009
| coaching_team12 = [[Edmonton Eskimos]] (DC)
| coaching_years13 = 2010
| coaching_team13 = Saskatchewan Roughriders ([[Special teams coach|STC]])
| coaching_years14 = 2012
| coaching_team14 = [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] (STC)
| coaching_years15 = 2014
| coaching_team15 = [[Toronto Argonauts]] (STC)
| coaching_years16 = 2015–present
| coaching_team16 = [[St. Francis Xavier X-Men football|St. Francis Xavier X-Men]] ([[Special teams coach|STC]])
| career_highlights = 
*[[Grey Cup]] champion ([[89th Grey Cup|2001]])
}}
'''Jim Daley''' (born July 15, 1951) is a [[Canadian football]] coach, who currently serves as the [[special teams coordinator]] and assistant head coach for the [[St. Francis Xavier X-Men football]] team. He has previously coached in the [[Canadian Football League]] from 1990 to 2014, including as [[head coach]] for the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] and [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]. He has also been the head coach for the [[Ottawa Gee-Gees football|Ottawa Gee-Gees]] and [[Ottawa Sooners]]. He won a [[Canadian Bowl|national championship]] as head coach of the Sooners in 1984 and a [[Grey Cup]] championship in [[89th Grey Cup|2001]] as an assistant coach.

==Coaching career==
Daley served as the [[head coach]] for the [[Ottawa Sooners]] from 1982 to 1984 where he led the team to a [[Canadian Bowl|national championship]] in 1984.<ref name=OTTbio>{{Cite web |title=Jim Daley |url=https://teams.geegees.ca/tradition/HOF/football_bios/Jim_Daley |publisher=[[Ottawa Gee-Gees]] |access-date=October 21, 2024 |language=en}}</ref> He was then hired as the head coach for the [[Ottawa Gee-Gees football|Ottawa Gee-Gees]] in 1985 and served in that role until 1990.<ref name=OTTbio/>

Daley started his CFL coaching career as the [[special teams coordinator]] for the [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] in 1991. In 1993 he moved from ST co-ordinator to DL coach. He quit during the season over management's insistence to play former NFL start Dexter Manley at DE over Lybrant Robinson. In 1994 he was hired by Saskatchewan to coach the [[linebacker]]s and was promoted to [[defensive coordinator]] in 1995. In 1996, he was named the team's head coach. He served as the team's head coach from 1996 to 1998, where he finished with a losing record in each of his three seasons as coach, but was able to lead the team to the [[85th Grey Cup|1997 Grey Cup]] game, where they lost to the [[Toronto Argonauts]] 47–23.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stats.cfldb.ca/coach/jim-daley/|title=Jim Daley on CFLDB Statistics}}</ref>

Daley joined the [[Calgary Stampeders]] in [[2000 Calgary Stampeders season|2000]] as the team's [[defensive line coach]] and won his first [[Grey Cup]] championship in [[2001 Calgary Stampeders season|2001]] when the team defeated the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] in the [[89th Grey Cup]].<ref name=StFXbio>{{Cite web |title=Jim Daley |url=https://www.goxgo.ca/sports/fball/coaches/daley_jim |publisher=[[St. Francis Xavier X-Men]] |access-date=October 21, 2024 |language=en}}</ref> He served as an assistant coach with the Stampeders for four seasons.

In [[2004 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season|2004]], Daley joined the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] as the team's special teams coordinator and defensive line coach. He became interim [[head coach]] after [[Dave Ritchie (Canadian football)|Dave Ritchie]] was fired part way through the [[2004 CFL season|2004 season]]. He finished the season with a 5–6 record, but the team missed the playoffs. He was named the full-time head coach for the [[2005 CFL season|2005 season]], but was dismissed at the end of the year as the team finished in last place in the Western Conference.<ref name=WPGfired>{{Cite web |title=Daley relieved of duties in Winnipeg |url=https://www.cfl.ca/2005/11/08/daley_relieved_of_duties_in_winnipeg/ |publisher=[[Canadian Football League]] |date=November 8, 2005 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2007, Daley was hired by the CFL as a league official to work as senior director of officiating development.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CFL hires Jim Daley to evaluate officiating |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl-hires-jim-daley-to-evaluate-officiating-1.681380 |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=January 16, 2007 |language=en}}</ref> In 2009, Daley was hired by the [[Edmonton Eskimos]] as the team's [[defensive coordinator]] and defensive line coach.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Esks name veteran coach Daley new D.C. |url=https://www.cfl.ca/2009/01/29/esks-name-veteran-coach-daley-new-d-c/ |publisher=[[Canadian Football League]] |date=January 16, 2007 |language=en}}</ref> Shortly following the [[2009 Edmonton Eskimos season|2009 season]] on December 9, 2009, Daley later resigned from his position.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eskimo Defensive Coordinator Daley resigns |url=https://www.cfl.ca/2009/12/09/eskimo-defensive-coordinator-daley-resigns/ |publisher=[[Canadian Football League]] |date=December 9, 2009 |language=en}}</ref>

On February 18, 2010, it was announced that Daley had re-joined the Saskatchewan Roughriders, this time as their special teams coordinator.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Riders Coaching Staff all but Finalized |url=https://www.riderville.com/2010/02/18/riders-coaching-staff-all-but-finalized/ |publisher=[[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] |date=February 18, 2010 |language=en}}</ref> He coached in the [[98th Grey Cup]], but the team lost to the [[Montreal Alouettes]]. It was announced on January 14, 2011, that his contract would not be renewed by the Roughriders.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://communities.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/blogs/bestfromthenewsroom/archive/2011/01/14/riders-are-not-renewing-contracts-of-jim-daley-and-nelson-martin.aspx |title=Riders are not renewing contracts of Jim Daley and Nelson Martin - Best from the Newsroom |access-date=August 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120050149/http://communities.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/blogs/bestfromthenewsroom/archive/2011/01/14/riders-are-not-renewing-contracts-of-jim-daley-and-nelson-martin.aspx |archive-date=January 20, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On February 3, 2012, it was announced that Daley had joined the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]' coaching staff as their special teams coordinator.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hamilton Tiger-Cats |url=https://ticats.ca/tiger-cats-hire-three-coaches/ |access-date=2023-08-30 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Daley became the special teams coordinator of the [[Toronto Argonauts]] for the [[2014 Toronto Argonauts season|2014 season]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-02-13 |title=Milanovich introduces 2014 Argos coaching staff |url=https://www.cfl.ca/2014/02/13/milanovich-introduces-2014-argos-coaching-staff/ |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=CFL.ca |language=en}}</ref> In January 2015, he had to turn down an offer to return for the 2015 season as Toronto's special teams coordinator for personal and health reasons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jim Daley has no intention to stop coaching |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/jim-daley-no-intention-stop-coaching/ |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=www.sportsnet.ca |language=en}}</ref>

On June 5, 2015, the [[St. Francis Xavier X-Men football|St. Francis Xavier X-Men]] announced that Daley was going to join the team's coaching staff as their special teams coordinator for the [[2015 CIS football season|2015 season]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-05 |title=Jim Daley to join X-Men football coaching staff |url=https://www.goxgo.ca/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/201506056kzksi |language=en}}</ref> 2024 marked his ninth season in this position.

==CFL coaching record==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Post-season
|-
!Won!!Lost!!Ties!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !!  Result
|-
![[1996 Saskatchewan Roughriders season|SSK]]||[[1996 CFL season|1996]]
||5||13||0||.278||'''4th in West Division'''|| – || – || Missed Playoffs
|-
![[1997 Saskatchewan Roughriders season|SSK]]||[[1997 CFL season|1997]]
||8||10||0||.454||'''3rd in West Division'''|| 2 || 1 || Lost in [[85th Grey Cup|Grey Cup]]
|-
![[1998 Saskatchewan Roughriders season|SSK]]||[[1998 CFL season|1998]]
||5||13||0||.278||'''4th in West Division'''|| – || – || Missed Playoffs
|-
![[2004 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season|WPG]]||[[2004 CFL season|2004]]
||5||6||0||.454||'''4th in West Division'''|| – || – || Missed Playoffs
|-
![[2004 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season|WPG]]||[[2005 CFL season|2005]]
||5||13||0||.278||'''5th in West Division'''|| – || – || Missed Playoffs
|-
! colspan="2"|'''Total'''
||'''28'''||'''52'''||'''0'''||'''.350'''||'''0 West Division<br />Championships'''||'''2'''||'''1'''||'''0 Grey Cups'''
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.goxgo.ca/sports/fball/coaches/daley_jim St. Francis Xavier X-Men bio]

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