"Buck takes over as Sooners coach"

The article below is from the Ottawa Sun and a few days old, but the RedBlacks were so active in free agency that I didn't get the chance to post it.  I don't want it to be missed, so here it is.

When John Buck was offered the opportunity to be the head coach of the Ottawa Sooners, he took a bit of time to think about it. 

But after talking with friend and fellow coach, Matt Kassner, he had no further second thoughts. 

"He just said to me, 'We've got to do this,'" said the 37-year-old Buck on Wednesday. "And I said, 'Yeah, you're right.' I didn't know if I would ever get this opportunity again. You have to jump through the door while it's open. I'm very excited. I've been a minor football guy since I started coaching in 1997 (with the Bell Warriors). 

He coached the Myers Riders bantams for 10 years and also worked with the South Carleton Storm high school team. Buck was committed to coaching with the Myers Riders junior varsity team this summer. 

"I wanted to make sure that was logistically still possible," said Buck, who will have Kassner on board as his defensive co-ordinator, former CFL offensive lineman Kyle Kirkwood as his offensive co-ordinator and Marc Bourgon as his offensive line coach with the Sooners. "We're all pretty pumped about this." 

The team, which plays in the Ontario Football Conference, hopes to benefit from the age-limit increase -- where players up to the age of 24 will be eligible to play.

The Sooners website goes into Buck's career a little more specifically, stating "Buck comes to the club after leading the Myers Riders Bantam NCAFA to 5 championships in the last 10 years."  They also go into greater depth in regards to the assistants named above.

MATT KASSNER – Defensive Coordinator
Myers Riders OVFL Jr Varsity - 2012 – Present
Offensive Assistant – uOttawa Gee Gees - 2012-2013

KYLE KIRKWOOD – Offensive Coordinator
UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA - Offensive Line Coach/Run game Coordinator (2012)
MYERS RIDERS OVFL - JV Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs & Quarterbacks coach (2013)
Former Offensive Lineman with the BC Lions

MARC BOURGON – Offensive Line Coach
2003-13 NCAFA Bantam Myers Riders
2005 OVFL Senior Varsity Ottawa Myers Riders
Played for the Carleton Ravens

JONATHAN FERGUSON – Defensive Backs Coach
Myers Riders OVFL Junior Varsity - Defensive Backs Coach - 2013
Bell Warriors NCAFA - Head Coach / Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Backs Coach - 2008 - 2013