Jim Barker
Barker with the Toronto Argonauts in 2022 | |
| Toronto Argonauts | |
|---|---|
| Title | Director of player personnel |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 25, 1956 Pasadena, California, U.S. |
| Career history | |
Coaching | |
| 1978–1981 | San Francisco State (AST) |
| 1982–1984 | Occidental (AST) |
| 1985–1987 | New Mexico State (AST) |
| 1988 | Nevada (AST) |
| 1989–1995 | Pomona-Pitzer (AST) |
| 1996 | Montreal Alouettes (AST) |
| 1997–1998 | Toronto Argonauts (OC/OLC) |
| 1999 | Toronto Argonauts (HC) |
| 2001 | Los Angeles Xtreme (OC) |
| 2002 | Montreal Alouettes (OC/QC) |
| 2003 | Calgary Stampeders (HC) |
| 2010–2011 | Toronto Argonauts (HC) |
| 2019–2020 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (AST) |
Operations | |
| 2005–2007 | Calgary Stampeders (GM) |
| 2008–2009 | Calgary Stampeders (VP/Dir PP) |
| 2011–2017 | Toronto Argonauts (GM) |
| 2019–2020 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Consultant) |
| 2022 | Toronto Argonauts (Senior advisor) |
| 2026–present | Toronto Argonauts (Dir PP) |
| Awards and highlights | |
James Barker (born August 25, 1956) is an American professional football executive who is the director of player personnel for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Barker served as the general manager of the Calgary Stampeders from 2005 to 2007, and the Argonauts from 2011 to 2016. He was also the head coach of the Argonauts in 1999, with the Stampeders in 2003, and then again with the Argos from 2010 to 2011. He has also been a sports analyst for the CFL on TSN. Barker has also served as a football operations consultant and assistant coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He is a five-time Grey Cup champion having won twice as an assistant coach and three times as a football administrator.