As the CFL begins to launch another season of Canada’s favourite summer pursuit, the middle management ranks will be eager to showcase their skills and plans, hoping that their plays, schemes and systems will be the one to lead to the Grey Cup.
While the CFL is a tad more secure at times than the other professional leagues in North America, it’s more due to finances than any sense of dedication to long term planning.
The NHL, Major League Baseball, NBA and even the NFL can be revolving door for the coaching fraternity, but the CFL for the most part at least can provide a full year of employment for the coaching ranks, unless things really, really go off the rails.
In a gate driven league such as the CFL, the prospect of unraveling the coaching structure in mid stream is an added expense that most teams are unlikely to approach, now the end of the season, well that could be a different story….
The bastion of stability this season once again is British Columbia, where Wally Buono continues to mould the Lions in an image to his liking, confident as any coach could be in the CFL considering his solid grip on football operations on the West coast.
Hamilton and Winnipeg bring returning coaches to the field for a new season, Hamilton hoping that the addition of Casey Printers for a full season will make a coach’s life easier for Charlie Taafe and Winnipeg which will be eager to capitalize on the taste of a Grey Cup appearance to make Doug Berry's job an easier prospect than years past.
Four teams feature a new head coach and revised assistants on hand, including Toronto where Pinball has moved upstairs placing Rich Stubler at the helm of the good ship Argonaut, Montreal where Marc Trestman gets his first head coaching job in the CFL, Saskatchewan where a Grey Cup win wasn’t enough to keep Kent Austin around, bringing Ken Miller to head up the Green and White staff and in Calgary where former CFL great John Hufnagel takes over, hopefully to do for Henry what he did for Eli.
For this season they will be the teams gaining the most attention teams under a watchful eye, but they will not face anywhere near the scrutiny that beckons for Danny Maciocia as he tries to revive the Eskimos strive for excellence. He faces a steely gaze in Edmonton, where the passions are perhaps the most emotional, the attention the most dedicated and the pressure surely the greatest.
Below we’ll list the season’s starting coaching roster for each of the CFL teams, should there be an unexpected change to the managing order through the season, we’ll archive it here as well…
Montreal Alouettes
General Manager-- Jim Popp
Marc Trestman
Head Coach
See Biography here
Assistants
Tim Burke-- Defensive coordinator and defensive backs
Scott Milanovich-- Offensive coordinator and Quarterbacks coach
Scott Squires-- Special teams coordinator
Casey Creehan-- Linebackers coach
Jaime Elizondo-- Receivers coach
Vince Martino-- Offensive Line coach
Michael Sinclair-- Defensive Line coach
Andy Bischoff-- Running Backs coach and offensive quality control
Jean-Marc Edme—Defensive Quality control Assistant
Montreal Alouettes Personnel Page
Toronto Argonauts
General Manager-- Adam Rita
Rich Stubler
Head Coach
See Biography here
Assistants
Steve Buratto-- Offensive coordinator
Bill MacDermott-- Offensive Line coach
Jerome Erdman-- Receivers coach
Kavis Reed-- Defensive coordinator
Marcello Simmons-- Special Teams Coordinator
Toronto Argonauts Personnel Page
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
General Manager-- Bob O'Billovich
Charlie Taaffe
Head Coach
See Biography here
Assistants
Marcel Bellefeuille-- Offensive coordiantor
Dennis Goldman-- Receivers coach
Jeff Bleamer-- Offensive Line coach
Denny Creehan-- Defensive coordinator
John Kropke-- Defensive Line coach
Chip Garber-- Defensive Backs coach
Dave Easley-- Special Teams Coordinator
Hamilton Tiger Cats Personell Page
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
General Manager-- Brendan Taman
Doug Berry
Head Coach
See Biography here
Assistants
Kit Cartwright-- QB’s coach, Offensive coordinator
Dan Daniel-- Defensive Backs coach
Bob Dyce-- Receivers coach and College draft coordinator
Richard Harris-- Defensive Line coach
Greg Marshall-- Defensive coordinator and Linebackers coach
Cory McDiarmid-- Special teams coordinator and Running backs coach
Bob Wylie-- Offensive Line coach
Winnipeg Blue Bombers Personnel Page
Saskatchewan Roughriders
General Manager-- Eric Tillman
Ken Miller
Head Coach
See Biography here
Assistants
Mike Gibson-- Assistant Head coach and Offensive Line coach
Richie Hall-- Defensive coordinator
Paul LaPolice-- Offensive coordinator
Alex Smith-- Linebackers and Special Teams coach
Ron Estay-- Defensive Line coach
Jamie Baressi-- Running Backs coach
Gary Etcheverry-- Defensive Assistant coach
Saskatchewan Roughriders Personnel Page
Calgary Stampeders
General Manager-- John Hufnagel
John Hufnagel
Head Coach
See Biography here
Assistants
George Cortez-- Associate Head Coach, Offensive coordinator
Chris Jones-- Defensive coordinator, Assistant Director Player Personnel
Pete Costanza-- Receivers Coach
Kris Sweet-- Offensive Line Coach
Craig Dickenson-- Special Teams Coordinator
Cornell Brown-- Defensive Line Coach
Mark Kilam-- Assistant Linebackers, strength and conditioning coach
Calgary Stampeders Personnel page
Edmonton Eskimos
Director of Football Operations-- Danny Maciocia
Danny Maciocia
Head Coach
See Biography here
Assistants
Rick Worman-- Offensive coordinator and Quarterbacks
Ronnie Vinklarek-- Offensive Line
Mike Kelly-- Receivers
Terry Eisler-- Running backs
Rick Campbell-- Defensive coordinator and Defensive Backs
Don Wnek-- Defensive Line
Dan Kepley-- Linebackers
Noel Thorpe-- Special Teams Coordinator and Defensive Backs
A. J. Gass-- Defensive assistant
Rob Ralph-- Video coordinator and Offensive assistant
Edmonton Eskimos Personnel Page
British Columbia Lions
General Manager-- Wally Buono
Wally Buono
Head Coach
See Biography here
Assistants
Mike Benevides-- Defensive coordinator
Dan Dorazio-- Offensive coordinator, O line coach
Mike Roach-- Defensive coordinator
Mark Washington-- Defensive Backs coach
Steve Kruck-- Quarterbacks coach
Jacques Chapdelaine-- Receivers coach
Chuck McMann-- Special Teams coordinator and Running Backs coach
Justin Coderre-- Video Coordinator
BC Lions Personnel Page
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