Jacques enters his ninth season with the Lions after originally joining the club in 2003 as the team’s receivers coach. In 2005, Jacques was promoted to offensive coordinator which culminated in a Grey Cup championship in 2006. After a brief stint with the Edmonton Eskimos in 2007, Jacques rejoined the Lions in 2008 as receivers coach and was then promoted to the coordinator post once again in 2010.

The 2011 season was an outstanding year for the BC offensive unit as the Lions ranked in the top three of most major categories league-wide. The Leos ranked second in scoring at 28.4 points per game, up from 25.9 in 2010, as well as second in passing yards, fewest turnovers and the all-important second-down conversions at 48%.

In terms of net-offence rankings, the club finished in third spot after a strong finish saw them outgain all other clubs over the final two-thirds of the 2011 season (380 yards per game). The 369 yards per game average in 2011 was up nearly 40 yards per game from 2010.

Led by the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player, Travis Lulay, Chapdelaine’s squad had the league’s most productive passing attack throwing more TD passes (33) than any other club and completing 28 passes for 30 yards or more. Consistent and exciting, the Lions offence was outgained only twice after week three of the regular season.

Jacques’ coaching career began at Bishop’s University in 1990 where he was hired as the school’s offensive coordinator. In 1991, he got his first taste of the CFL as a guest coach with the Toronto Argonauts. Jacques’ first pro coaching job would come the following season with Toronto as the club’s special teams and receivers coach.

In 1994, Jacques returned to Bishop’s as the offensive coordinator and would eventually move on to Laval University in 1997 as the school’s head coach. Over five seasons with the Rouge et Or he compiled a record of 27-13, and led Laval to a Vanier Cup championship in 1999.

Chapdelaine returned to the CFL in 2001 with the Calgary Stampeders as special teams and receivers coach. The club would go on to win the 2001 Grey Cup and Jacques would be promoted to offensive coordinator for the 2002 campaign.

A product of Simon Fraser University, Jacques was named to the All-Northwest team in 1982 in his last year with the Clan. A first-round selection of the BC Lions in 1983, Jacques played seven years in the CFL with BC (1983-85), Montreal (1985-86), Hamilton (1987-88) and Calgary (1989).

Jacques and his wife Kim live in Abbotsford, BC and have three children, Kaela, Mattew-Grae and Justin.