Kyle Quinlan joined the York coaching staff as the offensive coordinator following the 2015 season, returning to the CIS three years after finishing a stellar playing career at McMaster University.
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He was with the Marauders from 2008-12 and in his final two seasons experienced a run that is among the best the CIS has seen. As the starting quarterback in 2011 he led the Marauders to their first Vanier Cup championship and in that playoff run won three straight game-MVP selections. The following year he had one of the best statistical seasons in CIS football history to win the Hec Crighton Trophy as CIS player of the year, while also leading the Marauders back to the Vanier Cup game. He capped his career by winning the 2013 BLG Award as the CIS male athlete of the year.
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Quinlan earned a tryout with the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) but instead chose to retire as a player and begin coaching. He returned to McMaster as a graduate assistant and spent two summers as the varsity head coach and offensive coordinator of the Hamilton Ironmen Football Club in the Ontario Varsity Football League (OVFL).
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He spent the 2015 season as the head coach at Holland College in Charlottetown, where he led the Hurricanes to the Moosehead Cup title as Atlantic Football League (AFL) champions.
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