EXECUTIVE CAREER
COACH, BELFOUR TECH REDMEN 1950 – 1960
COACH, REGINA RAMS FOOTBALL CLUB 1965 – 1976

AWARDS AND HONOURS
AIR CANADA AMATEUR COACH OF THE YEAR 1975
REGINA HIGH SCHOOLS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MERIT AWARD HONOUR ROLL 1988
MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF CANADA 1978
SASKATCHEWAN MEMBER OF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 1982 – 1986
SASKATCHEWAN MINISTER OF ADVANCED EDUCATION AND MANPOWER 1983, 1985

GORD CURRIE BEGAN HIS COACHING CAREER AT REGINA’S BALFOUR TECH IN 1950.  AT ONE STAGE, THE BALFOUR REDMAN WON 40 STRAIGHT GAMES.  WHILE COACHING AT BALFOUR TECH, HIS FOOTBALL TEAMS WON EIGHT SASKATCHEWN CHAMPIONSHIPS, SUCCESSES THAT WERE MIRRORED BY THE BASEBALL AND HOCKEY TEAMS, WHICH HE ALSO COACHED.

CURRIE JOINED THE REGINA RAMS IN 1965 AND REMAINED AS HEAD COACH UNTIL 1976.  DURING HIS TENURE, THE RAMS WON 109 OF THEIR 136 GAMES, ONE ALBERTA JUNIOR LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP, EIGHT MANITOBA – SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS, SEVEN WESTERN CANADIAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND SIX CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH THE FINAL NATIONAL TITLE COMING IN HIS LAST GAME. 

THROUGH 26 YEARS OF COACHING, CURRIE WAS LAUDED FOR THE INSPIRATIONAL EFFECT HE HAD ON HIS TEAMS, THE MOTIVATION HE PROVIDED HIS PLAYERS TO DEVELOP THEIR CHARACTER AND FOR STABILIZING THE FOUNDATION OF THE RAMS, WHO BECAME ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S MOST SUCCESSFUL AMATEUR SPORTS TEAMS. 

INDUCTED 2005 - BUILDER

Class of 2005 Rod Connop, Ed George, Ray Nettles, Willie Pless