?with files from Andy Watson
OTTAWA (CIS) ? Football coaching legend Larry Haylor, sportswriter Howard Tsumura and long-time director of athletics Robert Dubeau were honoured by Canadian Interuniversity Sport Wednesday June 10 at an awards dinner held at the Château Cartier Hotel in Gatineau, Que., as part of CIS’ annual general meeting.
Haylor is the recipient of the Jean-Marie De Koninck Coaching Excellence Award, presented since 2007 to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to university sport as demonstrated by long-term commitment and leadership as a coach at the local, provincial national and/or international levels of Canadian university sport.
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Tsumura will receive the Fred Sgambati Media Award, presented annually by CIS to a member of media in recognition of his/her major contribution to the development and growth of Canadian university sport.
Dubeau will receive the Austin-Matthews Award, presented annually to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to interuniversity sport, as demonstrated by his/her long term commitment and leadership as a coach, director, chairperson and/or executive committee member at the local, provincial and/or national levels of Canadian interuniversity sport.
“We are indebted to this year’s award winners for the outstanding contributions they have made to university sport over the years,” said CIS president Dick White. “They have had a profound and indelible impact.”
Haylor is the winningest head coach in CIS football history. He ended his reign at the helm of the Western Ontario Mustangs on Nov. 4, 2006, with a career overall record of 178 wins, 47 losses and four ties, a mark many observers think will never be equalled.
A seven-time OUA coach of the year and a two-time recipient of the Frank Tindall Trophy as CIS coach of the year (1990, 1998), Haylor started his career at Western in 1984 and went on to lead the Mustangs to 22 consecutive campaigns with a record of .500 or better. During his tenure, the ?Stangs reached five national finals, claiming the Vanier Cup in 1989 and 1994, and played in 13 OUA title games, returning home with the Yates Cup on eight occasions.
Four Mustangs captured the Hec Crighton Trophy as CIS football player of the year during Haylor’s illustrious career, including Andy Fantuz in 2005, Tim Tindale in 1991 and 1993, and Blake Marshall in 1986. Two of his pupils were CIS defensive MVP, one was named the top lineman in the nation, and two more claimed CIS rookie-of-the-year honours.
Haylor’s legacy will live on through a new scholarship fund ? the Larry Haylor Recruitment Scholarship Fund - announced during his retirement dinner on January 17, 2007. In 2011, he will serve as head coach for Canada’s first-ever entry at the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) senior world championships.
Tsumura has been a member of the Vancouver sports media for the past 25 years and has worked at The Province, daily newspaper, since 1990. A basketball enthusiast, he was the beat writer for the NBA’s Vancouver Grizzlies during their six-year tenure, from 1995 to 2001, before shifting his focus to university and high school sports exclusively in 2003-04.
The first two-time recipient of the Canada West’s Fred “Gus” Collins Award, Tsumura was nominated for the Sgambati Award for his tireless devotion to providing exposure and regular coverage to BC’s six CIS institutions ? UBC, Simon Fraser, Trinity Western, Victoria, Thompson Rivers and Fraser Valley.
Tsumura’s commitment to coverage in a crowded media market extends beyond his weekly features, event coverage, standings and leaderboards, and has included his Canada West basketball “Power Poll” and annual Pacific Division Howie Awards. He has embraced the digital age with his blog ? Howie’s Little Man on Campus, and is also a regular colour commentator on the UBC and Simon Fraser basketball broadcasts and a regular guest on a weekend sports talk radio show devoted to high school and university sports.
During the CIS season, every Friday, Tsumura runs two pages of university sports coverage in his “Campus Corner” feature. His contributions to university sport are felt beyond the Pacific Division. He provided a copious amount of media coverage to the three CIS championships hosted in BC this past year. Prior to the start of the 2008-09 season, he also orchestrated a CIS recruiting list that included all BC high school athletes who were attending CIS institutions.
Dubeau retired as director of athletics at McGill University on August 31, 2005, after holding the position for 29 years. A 1967 graduate of Sir George Williams University (BA) and a 1968 graduate of McMaster (Bachelor’s of Physical Education), the native of Quebec City and resident of Westmount, Que., stepped down after 36 years of service for McGill.
In his younger days, Dubeau was an accomplished badminton player (two-time Quebec juvenile champion, 1958-59) and lettered at McMaster in both squash and golf. He was a two-time intercollegiate golf champion with Sir George Williams in the Ottawa-St. Lawrence League (1965-66), and an OUAA squash champion with McMaster in 1968.
In more recent times, he served as a member of the CIS Board of Directors from 1983 to 1990 and again from 2002 to 2004. He sat on numerous committees, was chair of the CIS eligibility committee and also served with the Quebec University Athletics Association, where he acted as secretary-treasurer from 1978 to 1982.
Dubeau played a large role on the organizing committee of numerous international events, including four different World University Games: in 1979 at Mexico City, 1981 in Bucharest, 1983 in Edmonton and 1999 in Mallorca, Spain. He was assistant chef-de-mission for Canada in each of the first two Games, and was the chef-de-mission in both of his last two.
An active member of the Canadian Olympic Association since 1976, he served as director of sport services for the organizing committee of the Montreal Olympics. In 1992, he was the assistant chef-de-mission for Canada at the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.
At McGill, Dubeau played a major role in the dramatic expansion of the university’s sports facilities, which has had some $60 million in improvements over the last decade and now ranks among the best university facilities in Canada.
He was instrumental in the implementation of student-athlete awards at McGill and the Principal’s Student-Athlete Honour Roll. He also played a prominent role for the establishing of a McGill Sports Hall of Fame, which was inaugurated in 1996.
Under his tenure, the annual McGill athletics budget grew from $1.6 million to $7.3 million, the number of elite intercollegiate teams expanded from 21 to 48 and the full-time coaching staff tripled in size.
Jean-Marie De Koninck Coaching Excellence Award recipients:
2009 Larry Haylor, football, Western Ontario
2008 Lou Pero, men’s basketball, Lakehead
2007 Linda Marquis, women’s basketball, Laval
Fred Sgambati Media Award recipients:
2009 Howard Tsumura, The Province (Vancouver)
2008 Pierre Durivage, Productions Rivage (Montreal)
2007 Bill Sturrup (posthumous), CHML Radio (Hamilton)
2006 Serge Vleminckx, Journal de Montréal
2005 Ian Hamilton, Regina Leader-Post
2004 Jean-Paul Ricard, La Tribune (Sherbrooke)
2003 John Short, Edmonton Journal / CJCA Radio
2002 Wayne Kondro, The Ottawa Citizen / Southam News
2001 Phil Lachapelle & Ken Welsh, CHTV Hamilton
2000 CHRW (Radio Western Ontario University)
1999 Christine Rivet, Kitchener-Waterloo Record
1998 Robert MacLeod, Globe and Mail
1997 Paul Hendrick, ONTV
1996 Ken Newans, CFCN-TV (Calgary)
1995 Not awarded
1994 Bruce Perrin, TSN
1993 Not awarded
1992 Serge Vleminckx, Journal de Montréal
1991 Not awarded
1990 Ken Fathers, Windsor Star
1989 Ken Newans, CFCN-TV (Calgary)
1988 Norm Marshall, CHCH-TV
1987 Peter Watts, TSN / Don Lovegrove, Hamilton Spectator
1986 Pete James, CFPL TV
1985 Scott Mathews, Atlantic Television Network
1984 John Hancock, CBC-Radio Montreal
1983 Al Ryan, Toronto Star
1982 Scott Taylor, Winnipeg Free Press / Normand Legere, Evangeline Moncton
1981 Mike Murray, The Hockey News / Henry Pasila, CHCH TV
1980 Wally Sears, Sackville
1979 Henry Viney, CFCN Calgary
1978 Not awarded
1977 Randy Phillips, The Gazette (Montreal)
1976 Bill Johns, Kitchener-Waterloo Record
1975 Jim Crerar, Victoria Daily Times
1974 Hugh Townsend, Halifax Chronicle Herald
1973 Jim Vipond, Globe and Mail
1972 Bob Gage, London Free Press
Austin-Matthews Award recipients:
2009 Robert Dubeau
2008 Ross Wilson
2007 Barb Mullaly
2006 Lyle Sanderson
2005 Aubrey Ferris
2004 Not awarded
2003 Val Schneider
2002 Joyce Fromson
2001 Darwin Semotiuk
2000 Jean-François Grenier
1999 Not awarded
1998 Don Wells
1997 Rich Newbrough
1996 Keith Harris
1995 Ken & Donna Fultz
1994 Mary Lyons
1993 Robert Hindmarch
1990-92 Not awarded
1989 Carl Totzke
1988 Not awarded
1987 Robert Descheneaux
1986 Marilyn Pomfret
1985 Ed Zemrau
1984 Dr. Vance Toner
1983 Gladys Bean
1982 Elizabeth Chard
1981 Robert Pugh
L.B. “Mike” Pearson Award recipients:
2009 Not awarded
2008 Not awarded
2007 Not awarded
2006 Dr. Jean-Marie De Koninck
2005 Sylvia Fedoruk
2004 Not awarded
2003 Ed Zemrau
2002 Dr. Robert Brodrick
2001 Dick Pound
2000 Paul Giannelia
1999 Dr. Sean Riley
1998 Not awarded
1997 Carol Anne Letheren
1996 Doug Mitchell
1995 John Cleghorn
1994 Senator Trevor Eyton
1986-93 Not awarded
1985 George Springate
1984 Dr. Hugh Noble
1981-83 Not awarded
1980 The Right Honourable Roland Michener
1976-79 Not awarded
1975 Angus Duncan McLachlin
1973-74 Not awarded
1972 The Right Honourable L.B. "Mike" Pearson
About Canadian Interuniversity Sport
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