Live With CDP Sports Talk, Guest: Jim Barker (TSN CFL Analyst), Season #6, Episode #36, August 22nd, 2023

James Barker, is a football executive and coach. He is currently employed by TSN as a CFL panelist. His most recent employment in Canadian Football League was a senior advisor for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Barker has been the general manager of the Calgary Stampeders from 2005–07, and the Argonauts from 2011-2016. He was also the head coach of the Argonauts in 1999, with the Stampeders in 2003, and then again with the Argos in 2010-11. 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 four-time Grey Cup champion having won twice as an assistant coach and twice as a football administrator. On February 9, 2010, Barker returned to the Toronto Argonauts for his second stint as their head coach. After leading the Argos to the playoffs for the first time since 2007, Barker assumed the role of general manager on December 15, 2010, replacing Adam Rita, whose contract was not renewed. The CFL announced on February 25, 2011, that Barker was the Coach of the Year for 2010, winning the Annis Stukus Trophy. Prior to the 2012 CFL season, Barker made a trade that brought All-Star quarterback Ricky Ray from the Edmonton Eskimos to Toronto to help an offense that had struggled for some time. That move, and others, helped the Argonauts win the league's 100th Grey Cup at Rogers Centre. After six seasons as the general manager of the Argonauts and compiling a 49–59 record in that time span, Barker was fired on January 24, 2017.[ Barker spent the 2018 season as a TV analyst on TSN. On January 3, 2019, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced Barker would join the team as a football operations consultant.[6] Following the departure of June Jones just prior to 2019 training camp, Barker also added the title of offensive assistant for the 2019 season.[7] For the 2020 season, he was also named a special teams assistant coach.[8] However, the 2020 CFL season was cancelled and Barker was not retained for the 2021 season.[9] Barker re-joined the CFL on TSN broadcasts as an analyst for the 2021 CFL season. Following the 2021 season, on March 4, 2022, Barker agreed to re-join the Toronto Argonauts as a senior advisor. On April 30, 2023 Barker stepped down from his role with the Argos. On May 5, 2023, it was announced that he was returning to TSN as a CFL panelist. #jimbarker #tsnanalyst #canadianfootballleague #torontoargonauts #calgarystampeders #montrealalouettes #hamiltontigercats #greycupchampion #headcoach #generalmanager #senioradvisor #livewithcdp #sportstalk #guest #host #chrispomay #wqee #radio #livestream #youtube #facebook #twitter #twitch #linkedin #audio #applepodcasts #googlepodcast #spotify #iheartradio #amazonmusic #stitcher #tunein #linkedin #barrycullenchevrolet #sponsorship