Joe Galat Joe Galat was born in Painesville , Ohio and has extensive experience in professional football as a player , coach , general manager , broadcaster , and youth executive . He is best known as a former college and professional football coach who starred at Miami University ( Ohio ) as a player . In addition to an extensive college coaching career , Joe has coached in the National Football League as a coach with the New York Giants and Houston Oilers , as well as in Canada . Joe Galat also worked as a national color commentator for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ( CBC ) in Canada . He is the president of American Youth Football & Cheer . Established in 1996 , the organization currently operates in 44 states and has more than 250 , 000 documented participants . Playing and coaching career . After playing for Harvey High School in Painesville , Ohio , Joe Galat attended Miami University ( Ohio ) where he captained both the Miami Redskins football and wrestling teams . The university known as the ‘ Cradle of Coaches ’ remains today a member of the Mid - American Conference . Joe Galat was inducted to the Miami Redhawks Hall of Fame . After graduation in 1962 Galat ’ s football apprenticing would continue under the legendary coaching trio of Bo Schembechler , Carmen Cozza , and John McVay ( Vice - President of the San Francisco 49ers who collaborated with 49ers head coach Bill Walsh in one of the most successful dynasties in NFL history ) tallying five Super Bowl victories . Joe Galat was hired by George Allen ( American football coach ) NFL Hall of Fame Coach to rebuild the Montreal Alouettes . The team under Nelson Skalbania had traded away their Canadian players for the rights to NFL free agents . The following year the NFL players returned to the USA leaving the team without US or Canadian Talent . After a tour as an assistant coach in the NCAA at Yale University , Miami University , University of Kentucky and for the NFL ’ s New York Giants and Houston Oilers , the Painesville native was hired as Head Coach and General Manager of the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League by then owner George Allen . In the hockey crazed province of Quebec Galat hired the first French Canadian coach in CFL history , Mr . Jacques Dussault . Galat and Dussault initiated clinics to teach and motivate the game of football in the province of Quebec . Galat is most noted for compiling a quality football staff in Montreal . His staff went on to capture six Grey Cup Championships . Wally Buono has 3 Grey Cup wins and is the winningest coach in CFL history . Eric Tillman has 2 Grey Cup wins while Dave Ritchie ( football coach ) has 1 Grey Cup win . Two others on Galat ' s staff , Chris Palmer ( American football ) was head coach of the Cleveland Browns and was also the Offensive Coach for the New York Giants Super Bowl Champions . Tom Rossley served as Offensive Coordinator with the Green Bay Packers . Joe Galat was inducted into the American Football Association ' s Semi Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002 Joe Galat ' s CFL coaching tenure was unsuccessful in terms of results . His Montreal Concordes consistently finished under . 500 each year and only made the playoffs once ( in 1984 ) . Near the end of the Montreal Concordes 1985 season with the team floundering , Galat ( who was also GM of the team ) resigned as head coach with two games to go in the season . After the season , he joined the BC Lions as General Manager until the conclusion of the 1989 CFL season . With four straight losses to open the 1989 BC Lions season , Galat fired head coach Larry Donovan and named himself interim coach for the final fourteen games . The Lions narrowly missed the postseason to the Saskatchewan Roughriders . Following the disappointing finish , Galat was released as GM of the club and replaced by Joe Kapp . Giving back . With his time spent coaching and managing professional and college football teams , Galat volunteered some of his time to attend youth football league functions . When he became president of American Youth Football , Galat ’ s strategy became simple : change the rules and traditions of the game creating unlimited weight divisions and restrict older kids from playing younger age kids . The National Football League works with AYF as a National Youth Football on making the game better for the kids . New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss is also giving back to the game as a spokesperson for AYF . While returning to Montreal for his Daughter ’ s admission to McGill University in 1999 , Galat was asked by John Gilman , founder and former Chief Executive Officer of FieldTurf , to help introduce the upstart company called FieldTurf , a replication of a grass sports field . Galat called on many NFL and Major College football coaches and general managers . The results of independent research proved that FieldTurf was a safer and more durable surface than a good natural grass field . In addition to his Presidential duties with American Youth Football , Joe Galat currently holds the title of Vice - President of Sales at FieldTurf Tarkett .