MONTREAL — Offensive co-ordinator Patrick Boies and defensive co-ordinator Ronald Hilaire will share head coaching duties for the McGill Redmen football team following the resignation of former head coach Clint Uttley.
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Uttley stepped down last Tuesday in protest of the university’s decision to suspend running back Luis-Andres Guimont-Mota, who has been charged in an alleged case of domestic violence. Uttley had been head coach of the Redmen since November 2011.
In a resignation letter, Uttley took umbrage with a statement released by McGill that said “the individual should not have been invited to join our team. That was not in accordance with the values of our community.”
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He added that he believes in giving people a second chance and noted that McGill did not object to Guimont-Mota’s presence on the team when he was sentenced to 90 days in jail time last year after pleading guilty to assaulting a man outside a Quebec City bar.
Boies, a 38-year-old native of Ste-Foy, Que., was appointed offensive co-ordinator of the team in January 2012 and the title of assistant head coach was added earlier this year.
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Hilaire, 30-year-old from Laval, Que., was appointed defensive line coach at McGill last February. He also took on defensive co-ordinator duties after serving in a similar capacity for three years with the Montreal Carabins.
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