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{{Infobox college coach | name = Steve Sumarah | current_title = Head coach | current_team = Saint Mary's | birth_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia | alma_mater = St. Francis Xavier<br>Saint Mary's | player_years1 = – | player_team1 = St. Francis Xavier | coach_years1 = 1998–2005 | coach_team1 = Saint Mary's (OC) | awards = * 2× Vanier Cup champion (2001, 2002) * CIS Coach of the Year (2009) * IFAF U19 World Championship (2018) | coach_years2 = 2006–2011 | coach_team2 = Saint Mary's | coach_years3 = 2012–2021 | coach_team3 = Carleton | coach_years4 = 2022 | coach_team4 = UBC (OC) | coach_years5 = 2022–present | coach_team5 = Saint Mary's }}
'''Steven Sumarah''' is the head coach of the Saint Mary's Huskies of U Sports football. He has also been the head coach of the Canada National Junior Football Team since 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://goravens.ca/rosters/sumarah-steve/#:~:text=On%20September%2029%2C%202016%2C%20Sumarah,International%20Bowl%20in%20Dallas%2C%20Texas |title=Sumarah, Steve - Go Ravens |access-date=2020-08-14 |archive-date=2021-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124160804/https://goravens.ca/rosters/sumarah-steve/#:~:text=On%20September%2029%2C%202016%2C%20Sumarah,International%20Bowl%20in%20Dallas%2C%20Texas |url-status=dead }}</ref> As the head coach, he led Team Canada to a IFAF World Junior Championship in 2018 with a 139–7 win over Team Mexico in Mexico City.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.americanfootballinternational.com/canada-defeats-team-mexico-wins-gold-medal-at-2018-ifaf-u19-world-championships/|title=Canada defeats Team Mexico, wins gold medal at 2018 IFAF U19 World Championships |date=July 23, 2018}}</ref>
==Coaching career== After serving as offensive coordinator for the Saint Mary's Huskies for eight seasons, Sumarah was promoted to head coach of the program in 2006. He led the team to four straight Loney Bowl championships including an appearance in the 2007 Vanier Cup game. He was named coach of the year in 2009.
After his dismissal from the Huskies, he was hired on January 16, 2012 to become the head coach of the Carleton Ravens, who began play in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20120116-46 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001717/http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20120116-46|archive-date=March 4, 2016|title=Sumarah named new Ravens football head coach |date=January 16, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://cfl.ca/article/carleton-names-steve-sumarah-new-head-coach |title=Carleton Names Steve Sumarah New Head Coach |access-date=April 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127143146/http://www.cfl.ca/article/carleton-names-steve-sumarah-new-head-coach |archive-date=January 27, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was the head coach of the Ravens for eight seasons where he had a record of 29–33 before being dismissed on January 12, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ottawasun.com/sports/football/sumarah-gone-carleton-ravens-dismiss-head-football-coach-begin-national-search |title=Sumarah Gone: Carleton Ravens dismiss head football coach, begin 'national search' |work=ottawasun |publisher=Ottawa Sun |date=January 12, 2022}}</ref>
On February 2, 2022, it was announced that Sumarah had been hired as the offensive coordinator for the UBC Thunderbirds, reuniting him with former Huskies head coach, Blake Nill.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gothunderbirds.ca/news/2022/2/2/steve-sumarah-joins-ubc-football-as-offensive-coordinator.aspx |title=Steve Sumarah joins UBC Football as Offensive Coordinator |work=University of British Columbia Athletics |publisher=UBC Thunderbirds |date=February 2, 2022}}</ref> However, following the resignation of Saint Mary's Huskies' head coach James Colzie III in April 2022, Sumarah was hired to return to the Huskies football program as the team's head coach on June 8, 2022.<ref name=return>{{cite web|url=https://www.smuhuskies.ca/general/2021-22/releases/20220608fja910 |title=Saint Mary's Huskies announce Steve Sumarah as head football coach |publisher=Saint Mary's Huskies |date=June 8, 2022}}</ref>
==Personal life== Sumarah lives in Halifax with his wife, Amanda Hardiman, and has one daughter, Brooke, and two stepchildren, Ryan and Brianna.<ref name=return/>
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== External links == * [https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/fball/coaches/Steve_Sumarah Saint Mary's Huskies bio]
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