Successful Olympic 7s coach
From Skerries in Dublin Ireland Jack found his love for the game in his local Rugby club where he first dawned the whistle to coach.
Jack coached locally in Skerries Community College before moving onto Leinster Rugby where he served as a Development Officer for 5 years. Jack made the move to Canada in 2013 taking up the position of Technical Director with Rugby Nova Scotia leading the Keltics provincial programs.
Jack became the Rugby Canada Academy coach for the Atlantic Region and with this worked with Canadian Men’s programs of U18, U20 and Senior Men. Jack was head coach with the U20 Canada women’s program and was part of the coaching staff in New Zealand for the 2021 XVs World Cup where Canada made it to the semi finals.
Jack took over as head coach of the Rugby Canada women’s 7s program following the Tokyo Olympics and led the team to 4th place at the commonwealth games, silver medal at the PANAM games Bronze medal at Vancouver 7s and an Olympic Silver Medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Jack is now head coach of the UOttawa Gee-Gees women’s Rugby program.
- Olympic games success
- Men's and women's programs
- Coached all levels of the game