Bio:
Charles Bishop Baillie was born in Montreal on Valentine’s Day in 1935 and went on to serve 29 years as head coach of the McGill Redmen football team, from 1972 through the 2000 season. A four-time coach-of-the-year honoree in the Ontario-Quebec Intercollegiate Football Conference, Baillie guided the Redmen to more victories than any other football coach in McGill history. He implemented a national recruiting plan, played a major fundraising role and nurtured the Friends of McGill Football alumni support group.
Baillie patrolled the McGill sidelines for 32 years in all -- including three as an assistant coach -- posting a 119-111-2 regular-season record. He led the Redmen to conference championships in 1973 and 1987 and was at the helm in 1987 when McGill became the first Quebec school to capture the Vanier Cup national title. During his tenure, Baillie produced 18 players for the CFL, including two who also made the NFL and three who participated in the East-West Shrine Bowl Game. During his tenure, he coached 103 Academic All-Canadians, 128 conference all-stars, 30 all-Canadians and seven CIS major trophy winners.
Inducted into the McGill Sports Hall of Fame as a Builder October, 2008.
Other Important Facts:
- longest tenured coach in McGill history; served 29 seasons as head coach of the football team
- also served 3 seasons as an assistant coach of the football team (1967 to 1969), went to SGWU for two seasons before returning to McGill
- one of only nine Canadian university coaches to reach the century mark in wins
- posted a combined regular season and playoff record of 119-111-2 & and overall record of 124-129-2
- won more games than any coach in McGill football history; won his 100th game with a 35-14 victory against Concordia on September 16, 1995.
- led McGill to a pair of Vanier Cup berths, winning the CIAU national championship in 1987
- also led McGill to one Atlantic Bowl (1987), one Churchill Bowl (1973), one Quebec University Athletics Association title (1973) and one OQIFC Dunsmore Cup championship (1987)
- produced 18 players for the CFL, including 2 who also played in the NFL (J.P. Darche & Randy Chevrier)
- coached 103 Academic All-Canadians, two Academic All-Americans, 30 All-Canadians, 128 league all-stars, six Alouette Alumni Trophy player of the year winners, four Russ Jackson trophy winners (academics, athletics, community service), two J.P. Metras trophy winners (CIAU lineman of the year), one Peter Gorman trophy winner (CIAU rookie of the year) and three players who participated in the East-West Shrine Bowl Game in Palo Alto, California.
- voted four times as OQIFC "Coach of the Year" (1981, 1983, 1993 and 1994)
- was the recipient of a Quebec Amateur Football Federation achievement award in the fall of 1988
- was named the 1987-88 Quebec Foundation "University Coach of the Year".
RELEVANT MISCELLANEOUS ACHIEVEMENTS OUTSIDE McGILL CAREER:
- played for the McGill junior varsity football team in 1952
- played pro football as an offensive lineman for 9 seasons in the CFL (Montreal Alouettes) and the defunct Continental Football League (Montreal Beavers).
