List of Saskatchewan Roughriders head coaches

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The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan, and are members of the West Division in the Canadian Football League (CFL). The club was founded in 1910 as the Regina Rugby Club and began as a member of the Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union. [1] They were a founding member of the CFL when it was formed in 1958. The Roughriders' most recent head head coach was Craig Dickenson, who was dismissed following the 2023 CFL season. The current general manager is Jeremy O'Day and the current president and chief executive officer for the community-owned team is Craig Reynolds.

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Head coaches

Note: Statistics are current through the end of the 2023 CFL season.

 #NameTerm [b]  GC W L T PTS Win% PGC PW PL PWin%Achievements [2]
Fred Ritter 1911–1913 12102020.833541.800
Frank Townsend 1914 440081.0002201.000
Hick Abbott 1915–19166600121.0001101.000
Jerry Crapper 1919–1921 131300261.000541.800
Jack Eadie 1922–1923 871014.875422.500
Ed Dolan 1924 64208.667101.000
Doc Blackwood 1925 211.500
Howie Milne 1926–1928 9900181.000761.857
Al Ritchie † 1929–1933 24212143.89617125.706
Greg Grassick 1934 6600121.000431.750
Al Ritchie † 1935 440081.000101.000
Dean Griffing 1936–1941 502326147.470321.667
Don King / Lindsay Holt 1945 202.000
Ken Preston † 1946–1947 16511010.313
Fred Grant 1948–1950 401921038.475513.300
Harry Smith 1951 1486016.571422.500
Glenn Dobbs 1952 1631306.188
Frank Filchock 1953–1957 804135486.5381146.409
George Terlep 1958–1959 25716216.320202.000
Frank Tripucka 1959 71602.143
Ken Carpenter 1960 1621226.188
Steve Owen 1961–1962 321317228.438202.000 1962 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
Bob Shaw 1963–1964 321614234.531734.429
Eagle Keys † 1965–1970 9668253139.7241798.529 1968 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
54th Grey Cup championship
Dave Skrien 1971–1972 321714135.547633.500
John Payne 1973–1976 644023181.633844.500
Jim Eddy 1977–1978 271017020.370
Walt Posadowski 1978 114619.409
Ron Lancaster 1979–1980 3242808.125
Joe Faragalli 1981–1983 381621135.434 1981 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
Reuben Berry 1983–1984 261015121.403
Jack Gotta 1985–1986 341122123.338
John Gregory 1987–1991 793543171.449532.600 1989 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
77th Grey Cup championship
Don Matthews † 1991–1993 472522050.532202.000
Ray Jauch 1994–1995 361719034.472101.000
Jim Daley 1996–1998 541836036.333321.667
Cal Murphy † 1999 1831506.167
Danny Barrett 2000–2006 12657681115.456835.375
Kent Austin 2007 18126024.6673301.000 2007 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
95th Grey Cup championship
Ken Miller 2008–2010 54322110.602633.500
Greg Marshall 2011 81702.125
Ken Miller 2011 104608.400
Corey Chamblin 2012–2015 632934058.460532.600 2013 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
101st Grey Cup championship
Bob Dyce 2015 93606.333
Chris Jones 2016 – 2018 542727054.500312.333
Craig Dickenson 2019–2023 683434068.500312.333

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References

General

"Coaches of the Saskatchewan Roughriders". cfldb. Retrieved May 15, 2013.

Specific
  1. ↑ The history of the Roughriders Archived 2014-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Coach of the Year". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on July 25, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
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