Saadia Ashraf is an American football coach for Team Canada, Team Quebec, and the Montreal Blitz Football Organizations. She is also a former championship quarterback of Team Canada, Team Quebec and the Montreal Blitz.[1] She has a Bachelor of Education degree in Physical Education from McGill University, and works as a high school teacher in Montreal. She also actively coaches youth girls and boys flag football in the high school GMAA/RSEQ league. In addition she has been the head coach of the John Abbott College Women’s Flag Football team since 1996. (Quebec).[2]
While in high school, Ashraf’s parents did not permit her to play contact sports. During this time she started playing touch football.[3] In her early twenties she joined the Montreal Blitz as a quarterback, and in 2004 bought the team when the original owners wanted to sell. In 2010 she played in the first ever IFAF Women's World Championship in Sweden, winning a silver medal. In 2012 she won the Independent Women's Football League world championship with the Montreal Blitz. In 2013 she again quarterbacked Team Canada to a silver medal at the IFAF Women World's, this time in Finland.[4]
Ashraf has coached several different women's tackle football teams including Team Canada (Quarterbacks), Team Quebec (Head Coach), and the Montreal Blitz (Head Coach). [5] She is also the head coach of the flag football team at John Abbott College.[6]