List of Montreal Alouettes head coaches

The Montreal Alouettes are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec, and are members of the East Division in the Canadian Football League (CFL).

The Alouettes were founded in 1946, and were in continuous operation until the franchise folded after the 1981. A new team, named the Montreal Concordes, was created for the 1982 season and was in operation for four full seasons before folding just before the regular season in 1987. The current franchise was relocated from Baltimore, Maryland as the Baltimore Stallions in 1996, after it became known that the NFL was relocating a franchise to that city. The CFL and the Montreal Alouettes organization recognize the history of the original Alouettes, the Concordes, and the current Alouettes as one franchise, and do not consider the Baltimore franchise as a part of the team's history. In their history, the team has appeared in 18 Grey Cup finals, and has won seven championships. The current Alouettes head coach is Tom Higgins, general manager is Jim Popp and the current owner is Bob Wetenhall.[1]

Key

General
#  Number of coaches[a]
†  Elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in the builders category[2]
Achievements Achievements during their Montreal head coaching tenure
Regular season[3]
GC Games coached T Ties = 1 point
W Wins = 2 points PTS Points
L Losses = 0 points Win% Winning percentage[b]
Playoffs and Grey Cup[3]
PGC Games coached
PW Wins
PL Losses
PWin% Winning percentage  

Head coaches

Note: Statistics are current through the end of the 2012 CFL season.

 # Name Term[b]  GC  W  L  T  PTS  Win%  PGC  PW  PL  PWin% Achievements[4][3]
1 Hayman, LewLew Hayman† 1946–1951 72 37 33 2 76 .528 7 5 2 .714 37th Grey Cup championship
2 Walker, DouglasDouglas Walker 1952–1959 108 59 48 1 119 .551 15 6 9 .400
3 Moss, PerryPerry Moss 1960–1962 42 13 25 4 30 .444 4 1 3 .250
4 Trimble, JimJim Trimble 1963–1965 42 17 25 0 34 .281 3 0 3 .405
5 Mudra, DarrellDarrell Mudra 1966 14 7 7 0 14 .500 1 0 1 .000
6 Dalton, KayKay Dalton 1967–1969 42 7 31 4 18 .214 — — — —
7 Etcheverry, SamSam Etcheverry 1970–1972 42 17 24 1 35 .417 5 4 1 .800 58th Grey Cup championship
8 Levy, MarvMarv Levy 1973–1977 78 43 31 4 90 .577 10 7 3 .700 1974 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
62nd Grey Cup championship
65th Grey Cup championship
9 Scannella, JoeJoe Scannella 1978–1981 58 28 28 2 58 .500 7 4 3 .571
10 Eddy, JimJim Eddy 1981 6 2 4 0 4 .333 1 0 1 .000
11 Galat, JoeJoe Galat 1982–1985 62 19 41 2 40 .323 1 0 1 .000
12 Durchik, GaryGary Durchik 1985–1986 22 6 14 2 14 .318 2 1 1 .500
– Faragalli, JoeJoe Faragalli 1987 – – – – – – – – – – Team folded before Faragalli coached a game
13 Price, BobBob Price 1996 18 12 6 0 24 .667 2 1 1 .500
14 Ritchie, DaveDave Ritchie 1997–1998 36 25 10 1 51 .708 4 2 2 .500
15 Taaffe, CharlieCharlie Taaffe 1999–2000 36 24 12 0 48 .667 3 1 2 .333 1999 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
2000 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
16 Rust, RodRod Rust 2001 17 9 8 0 18 .529 — — — —
17 Popp, JimJim Popp 2001 1 0 1 0 0 .000 1 0 1 .000
18 Matthews, DonDon Matthews† 2002–2006 86 58 28 0 116 .674 8 5 3 .625 2002 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
90th Grey Cup championship
- Popp, JimJim Popp 2006–2007 22 10 12 0 20 .455 3 1 2 .333
19 Trestman, MarcMarc Trestman 2008–2012 90 59 31 0 96 .656 8 5 3 .625 2009 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
97th Grey Cup championship
98th Grey Cup championship
20 Hawkins, DanDan Hawkins 2013 5 2 3 0 4 .400 — — — —
- Popp, JimJim Popp 2013 13 6 7 0 0 .461 1 0 1 .000
21 Higgins, TomTom Higgins 2014 18 9 9 0 0 .500 2 1 1 .500

Notes

References

General

"Montreal Alouettes Hall of Fame" (PDF). Montreal Alouettes. Retrieved May 15, 2011.

Specific
  1. ↑ "Montreal Alouettes Coaching Staff". Montreal Alouettes. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Montreal Alouettes Hall of Fame" (PDF). Montreal Alouettes. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Montreal Alouettes Media Guide" (PDF). Montreal Alouettes. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Coach of the Year". Canadian Football League. Retrieved April 1, 2011.