Jim Corrigall


Jim Corrigall is a Canadian former football player and coach. He was all-star defensive end for the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League. Corrigall served as the head football coach at Kent State University from 1994 to 1997, compiling a record of 8–35–1. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1990.

Early life and college

Corrigall played football in high school at Scollard Hall, a private boys' school in North Bay, Ontario, and Barrie North Collegiate, in Barrie, Ontario. He played his college football at Kent State University. During his outstanding university career, Corrigall was selected Most Valuable Sophomore, Best Defensive Lineman, Most Inspirational Player and he was the first Kent State player to be selected to the first team All-Mid-American Conference for three consecutive years. His jersey number 79 was retired by Kent State when he graduated.

Professional career

Though drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League, Corrigall went home to play an 11-year career with the Toronto Argonauts, including 148 regular season and 5 playoff games. He won the Gruen Trophy as outstanding rookie in the CFL East, was named an all-star 7 times and in 1975 he won the CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award.
Corrigall was honoured as an "All-Time Argo" in 1997 for his contributions to the Argonaut team and was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1990.

Coaching career

In 1994, Corrigall returned to his alma mater, Kent State, as head football coach. The program had been struggling for years when he arrived and had just come off a winless season in 1993. Although some progress was made, the Golden Flashes best season under Corrigall, a 3–8 campaign, proved to be his last in 1997. Three wins in 1997 were the most wins for Kent State since 1988. Corrigall had an overall record of 8–35–1 in four seasons. In 2012, Corrigall was the defensive line coach for Archbishop Hoban High School. He led the Knights to an undefeated season. As of October 2020, Corrigall is the head coach for the freshmen team at Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary High School.