The Vancouver Island Raiders are a Canadian Junior Football team based in Nanaimo, British Columbia. The Raiders play in the seven-team B.C. Football Conference; which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) and competes annually for the national title known as the Canadian Bowl. After a failed move of the Victoria Rebels to Nanaimo in late 2004, the V.I. Raiders were founded in 2005 - and won the CJFL National Championship in 2006, 2008, and 2009 - winning to date 3 out of their 5 Canadian Bowl games. The Raiders won consecutive BCFC titles from 2006 to 2011 and won two more championships in 2013 and 2017. Andrew Harris, a four-time Grey Cup champion and the fifth all-time Canadian Football League rushing leader, played for the Raiders from 2006 to 2009, contributing greatly to the success of the program. Harris re-joined the Raiders in 2024 as the team's director of football operations.

Coaches

Head Coach: Shawn Arabsky Offensive Coordinator: Jake Laberge Defensive Coordinator: Shawn Arabsky

Executives

President: Kabel Atwall Treasurer: Dave Shortill Director of Football Operations: Andrew Harris''' General Manager:''' Doug Avender Marketing and Social Media Director: Zach Calman

History