Jean-Paul Circelli

Jean-Paul Circelli is the head coach for the University of Windsor's football team, the Windsor Lancers. He won a Vanier Cup in 2017 with the Western Mustangs as the team's offensive line coach.

University career Circelli played at centre for the McMaster Marauders from 2001 to 2005. He was a member of three Yates Cup championship teams from 2001 to 2003. After a third-place finish in the OUA in 2014, the Mustangs finished first for each of the four years Circelli spent with the team. The Mustangs lost the Yates Cup in 2015 and 2016, but not only won in 2017, they also defeated the Laval Rouge et Or in the 53rd Vanier Cup game, which was Circelli's first national championship. Circelli returned to the Vanier Cup game in 2018, but the Mustangs lost in the rematch against the Rouge et Or in 54th Vanier Cup. In his first season, the Lancers finished with a third consecutive 1–7 record. After a cancelled 2020 season, the Lancers posted a 2–4 record in a shortened 2021 season.

In 2022, Circelli led the Lancers to a playoff berth for the first time since 2014 as they finished sixth with a 4–4 record. The team lost to the third place Ottawa Gee-Gees by a score of 43–40 in the quarterfinal.

In 2023, the Lancers began the season with five straight wins for the first time since the 1975 Yates Cup championship Lancers team. Circelli led the team to a 6–2 finish and hosted a playoff game for the first time since 2014. The Lancers defeated the Carleton Ravens in the quarterfinal, recording their first playoff victory since 2011 and their first home playoff victory since 1975. However, the team lost the semi-final to the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks by a score of 21–14.

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