Tom Flaxman heads to U of T

WOLFVILLE, NS - Congratulations to football's assistant coach Tom Flaxman. This year's co-offensive coordintor, Flaxman's efforts along with Chris Judd made the Axemen's offense one of the top in the country and AUS football conference.

The accomplishments as a first year coordinator and fourth season as an assistant will be sorely missed, following his acceptance of a position as offensive co-ordinator with the University of Toronto Varsity Blues. Flaxman has made a contractual obligation, yet to be officially announced, to assist Varsity Blues head coach Greg Gary this coming season.

This past season, Judd and Flaxman were responsible for a 423.2 years per game average offensive output along with the AUS's top passing offense with a 247.8 yards per game average.

Flaxman, who transfered from McMaster in 2004, was a running back with the Acadia Axemen from 2005 to 2007, winning AUS Championships in 2005 and 2006.

Tom’s previous coaching experience was with the Mississauga Warriors of the OVFL from 2004 – 2009 where he won three championships in 6 years.  Tom took a year off before returning this past summer to be the Offensive Coordinator for the Warriors at the varsity level.  While coaching in Mississauga his duties varied from position to position and he gained valuable experience.

Head Coach Jeff Cummins points out the importance that Flaxman played in Acadia's success this season. "Tom has become a great coach over the last 4 years and it doesn’t surprise me that he has been selected as the new Offensive Coordinator at U of T. One of the many reasons we were successful this year was because of the great assistant coaches we have at Acadia and Tom is living proof of that." 

Cummin's added some parting words, "We have been fortunate to keep Tom the last few years as his home is the GTA and this move will allow him to be closer to family, I am very proud of Tom and his accomplishments here and going forward."