//DATE: Nov. 22, 2007
//For Immediate Release

McCrystal Named Frank Tindall Trophy Winner

TORONTO, Ont. - Canadian University Sport announced Thursday morning that University of Regina Rams head coach Frank McCrystal has earned the Frank Tindall Trophy as its 2007 Coach of the Year.

McCrystal led the Rams to a team-record six-win regular season this year and reached the Hardy Cup final for the first time since 2002. Regina’s biggest wins of the year came in back-to-back weeks at the expense of provincial rival Saskatchewan - first in the final week of the regular season to earn home field advantage for the conference semifinal, then seven days later in the first round of the playoffs.

McCrystal has been coaching the Rams for the past 24 years, including all nine seasons since Regina joined the CIS and Canada West in 1999. Prior to 1999, he had been on the sidelines for the Rams’ final 15 campaigns in the Canadian Junior Football League, leading his teams to seven national championships and receiving a pair of CJFL Coach of the Year awards.

Under McCrystal’s tutelage, a total of 12 U of R players have been drafted by Canadian Football League teams, including receivers Chris Bauman (first overall by Hamilton in 2007) and Jason Clermont (fourth overall by B.C. in 2001). Five former U of R players are currently on professional rosters, including Bauman (Hamilon), Clermont (B.C.), Chris Getzlaf (Saskatchewan), Neal Hughes (Saskatchewan), and Jon Ryan (Green Bay Packers).

Saint Mary’s Steve Sumarah, Bishop’s Leroy Blugh, and Queen’s Pat Sheahan were the other finalists for the Frank Tindall Trophy.

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Braden Konschuh
Sports Information Coordinator
University of Regina
3737 Wascana Parkway
Regina, SK S4S 0A2
Phone: (306) 585-5199
Fax: (306) 585-5693
braden.konschuh@uregina.ca


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