Quarterbacks Coach

CFL: 14th season
Stamps: 1st season

In his first season on the Calgary staff, Jackson brings 22 years of Canadian Football League experience as a player and coach. He is a four-time Grey Cup champion – three times as a player with the BC Lions (2006 and 2011) and Toronto (2012) and once as a coach with Edmonton in 2015.

The Tupelo, Miss., product started his coaching career with BC in 2013 as quarterbacks coach and has since served in the same capacity for Edmonton (2014-15 and 2022-24), Saskatchewan (2016-17), BC again (2018-19), Toronto (2020-21) and Winnipeg (2025). Along the way, he has worked with some of the top passers in the CFL including Travis Lulay, Michael Reilly, Darian Durant, Kevin Glenn and Zach Collaros.

In addition, Jackson has been an offensive coordinator with the Lions (2018-19), Argonauts (2021) and Elks (2023-24).

In 2024, Jackson – who started the season as Edmonton’s offensive coordinator and QB coach – was named the Elks’ interim head coach when Chris Jones was fired after an 0-5 start. The Elks went 7-6 the rest of the way and finished the season with a league-leading average of 27.6 offensive points per game.

Prior to becoming a coach, Jackson played 108 games over eight CFL seasons including a seven-year stint (2005-11) with the Lions and one season (2012) with the Argos. He threw for 7,878 yards and 55 touchdowns over his CFL career and added 1,170 yards and 11 scores along the ground.

Jackson played five games with the National Football League’s Denver Broncos and also had a stint with the Barcelona Dragons in NFL Europe before coming to Canada.

He played college football at Notre Dame and set single-season school records in 1999 with 2,753 passing yards and 184 completions.

Jarious Jackson’s Coaching History

2026 – Calgary Stampeders (CFL) – Quarterbacks Coach
2025 – Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) – Quarterbacks Coach
2024 – Edmonton Elks (CFL) – Interim Head Coach
2023-24 – Edmonton Elks (CFL) – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
2022-23 – Edmonton Elks (CFL) – Quarterbacks Coach/Passing Game Coordinator
2020-21 – Toronto Argonauts (CFL) – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
2018-19 – BC Lions (CFL) – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
2016-17 – Saskatchewan Roughriders (CFL) – Quarterbacks Coach/Passing Game Coordinator
2014-15 – Edmonton (CFL) – Quarterbacks Coach/Passing Game Coordinator
2013 – BC Lions (CFL) – Quarterbacks Coach