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Ousmane Bary joined the McGill coaching staff in 2015 as a defensive backs coach. The 46-year-old bilingual native of Senegal who was raised in Bordeaux, France and spent his adolescent years in Montreal. He brings previous coaching experience from College Montmorency (2007-2010), Concordia University (2011) and College Ahuntsic (2012-2014).
During his spare time, he serves as manager for the House of Jazz in Montreal.
From 1989 to 1993, Bary played college football for the NCAA's Syracuse Orangemen, where he was a 5-foot-11, 202-pound cornerback. After graduating from Syracuse's Maxwell School with a bachelor's degree in international relations (and a minor in administration), he was a fifth-round draft pick (36th overall) by the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers, where he played in 1993 before signing with the Toronto Argonauts (1993, 1996) and later the Barcelona Dragons (1996) in the World League of American Football.
Prior to his university career, Bary was a standout football, soccer and tennis player at College Marie-Victorin. He had an interception every game of his senior year of CEGEP ball, and merited all-star honours in the CEGEP AAA league.
In 1990, Bary started against Miami at the Orange Bowl. He started four games as a freshman, five as a sophomore, but didn`t start a game as a junior. Then, in his senior campaign, he regained his starting spot.
