SUDBURY JR SPARTANS

COACHES

 

 Jordan Desilets

 Jordan has always been a student of the game when it comes to football and had a brief playing career. He started playing when Bishop Carter introduced their program in the fall of 2011, being named Team MVP and Special Teams Player of the Year for the school that season as a defensive back, wide receiver and running back. The following summer he played for the Sudbury Gladiators, gaining valuable experience, and playing time while helping the team to an 8-0 regular season record. Jordan came back to Football after graduating from Laurentian University in 2017, jumping on with the Junior Gladiators coaching staff as the Defensive Backs Coach and helping the Lively Hawks to a senior city championship in the fall of 2017. In 2018, he was defensive coordinator for the Jr. Gladiators and assisted with another senior city championship for the Lively Hawks. He was defensive coordinator for the Sudbury Junior Spartans in their inaugural 2019 season, helping them to a 6-2 record and a North Division Title. He has coached the Lively Hawks program alongside Reg Bonin and has some big game experience of six city championship games, two NOSSA games and a North Division Final in the last four seasons.  

 After two years, the Spartans will be returning to the field and Jordan will be taking over as the Junior Spartans head coach. Co-owner, Goddard stated that “Jordan was a huge part of our inaugural season in 2019 and has earned the respect of fellow coaches, players and fans. We know our program is in great hands with Jordan and the coaches he has assembled to work with the team.”

 

 JJ McKnight

JJ McKnight joined the Junior Spartans for the 2019 season as an Offensive coach. For the upcoming 2022 season, he will be the spartans running back and wide receiver coach. JJ was born and raised in Sudbury and began his football career at the age of 10 during the inaugural season of the JMYFL. He went on to play for the Lockerby Vikings, Sudbury Spartans, and a short stint at the University of Waterloo before becoming a teacher. JJ has filled many coaching roles (Head Coach, Offensive & Defensive Coordinator, RB/WR coach) at many levels of football: Youth (JMYFL), Secondary (Lively, Lo-Ellen & LaSalle), and Provincial (Sudbury Gladiators).

 Kyle Preseau

 Kyle was introduced to football in 2013, starting as a defensive back for the Confederation Chargers. The following season is when the game of football immensely changed. For the next 4 years, Kyle would start at quarterback for the Confederation Chargers, and played in a City Championship. When his playing career came to an end, Kyle always knew he wanted to stay involved with the game of football and pay it forward to the younger athletes. Upon graduation, Kyle got into coaching at Confederation Secondary School on the offensive side of the football. In the summer of 2019, Kyle had the opportunity to hop on the staff of the Junior Spartans as the wide receiver’s coach. After a brief hiatus from football, Kyle is extremely excited to get back to teaching the game of football this spring, in the role of Quarterbacks coach.

 

Dan Yoisten

Dan Yoisten is originally from Greater Sudbury, playing football for CVDCS high school and for the Spartans afterward as a lineman. After moving to Simcoe County for his work career, Dan had the opportunity to coach Park St Secondary and St. Joan of Arc, winning a championship and participating in the Capital Bowl Series. He came back to Sudbury a couple years ago and wanted to get involved in Sudbury football again and was granted that when he met Jordan. Dan coached the defensive line and linebackers for the Jr. Gladiators for the season prior to COVID and went on to assist Rej with the offensive and defensive lines at Lively this past high school season. Dan is looking forward to another good season of Spartans Football as he continues in his position of defensive line/ linebacker coach. 

Tracy Levesque

 Tracy played football in the Joe Mac Football League from 1999-2001 as a corner and safety than coached her former team in 2002. She played middle linebacker for Sudbury Secondary boys’ varsity team in 2003. In 2012 Tracy was the Head Coach of the champion St. Benedict’s girls’ flag football team. She coached both junior and senior football at Confederation from 2016-2019. This past high school season in 2021, she coached the defensive backs at LaSalle, making history by helping bring home their first junior city championship. Tracy also played corner on a women’s international tackle football team called the M.I.F.A. All-Stars Ontario Women in the 2017 International Bowl, facing off against Mexico and in games against Montreal in 2018. She began volunteering with the Sudbury Spartans in 2001 as the team videographer. In 2015 she became a sideline statistician and coaches’ assistant to Head Coach Junior Labrosse of the Sudbury Spartans. In 2019, she was on the coaching staff with the Junior Varsity Spartans alongside Jordan Desilets and Reg Bonin. For the upcoming 2022 season, Tracy will be in the position of defensive backs coach.

 Alex Vendramin

 Alex joined the JV staff in 2019 as the Offensive Coordinator and Offensive Line Coach. Alex played football within the city of Sudbury for many years, dating back to his high school days with the St.Benedict Bears. From that point Alex played for the Sudbury Gladiators, winning lineman of the year and was named an All Star Offensive Lineman in the OFC. His love for the game brought him to coaching, where he assisted Junior Labrosse and his alma mater St.Benedict, working closely with the offensive and defensive lineman. During the 2019 school year, Alex was named the head coach at Lo-Ellen Park Secondary school and proceeded to complete an undefeated season capped off with a Senior City Championship for the Knights. Alex returns to the Spartans as the offensive line coach and offensive coordinator to the upcoming 2022 spring season.