Jerry Friesen is a former award winning linebacker in the Canadian Football League and university coach. A graduate of University of Saskatchewan, Friesen was 3 time all-star with the Huskies. In 1994 he was inducted into the Huskie Wall of Fame. He was drafted by the Montreal Alouettes, playing 48 regular season games with them. He then joined his hometown Saskatchewan Roughriders for 5 years, winning the prestigious Tom Pate Memorial Award for outstanding community service in 1985. In 2008 he was enshrined in the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame.