List of Hamilton Tiger-Cats head coaches
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The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, and are members of the East Division in the Canadian Football League (CFL).
The Tiger-Cats were founded in 1950, with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. Since the merger, the team has appeared in 21 Grey Cup finals and has won eight championships. The current Tiger-Cats head coach is Scott Milanovich.
Key
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Head coaches
[edit]Note: Statistics are current through the end of the 2024 CFL season.
| # | Name | Term[b] | GC | W | L | T | PTS | Win% | PGC | PW | PL | PT | PWin% | Achievements[1] |
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| 1 | Carl M. Voyles | 1950–1955 | 76 | 48 | 27 | 1 | 97 | .640 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | .400 | 41st Grey Cup championship |
| 2 | Jim Trimble | 1956–1962 | 98 | 60 | 36 | 2 | 122 | .625 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 1961 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 46th Grey Cup championship |
| 3 | Ralph Sazio† | 1963–1967 | 70 | 49 | 20 | 1 | 99 | .710 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .643 | 1964 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 51st Grey Cup championship 53rd Grey Cup championship 55th Grey Cup championship |
| 4 | Joe Restic | 1968–1970 | 42 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 47 | .564 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | |
| 5 | Al Dorow | 1971 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | .500 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | |
| 6 | Jerry Williams | 1972–1975 | 60 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 61 | .508 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 60th Grey Cup championship |
| 7 | George Dickson[2] | 1976 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 8 | Bob Shaw | 1976–1977 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 26 | .433 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1976 Annis Stukus Trophy winner |
| 9 | Tom Dimitroff, Sr.[3] | 1978 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .250 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 10 | John Payne | 1978–1980 | 43 | 18 | 24 | 1 | 37 | .429 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | |
| 11 | Frank Kush | 1981 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 23 | .733 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| 12 | Bud Riley | 1982–1983 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 25 | .444 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| 13 | Al Bruno | 1983–1987 | 62 | 29 | 31 | 2 | 60 | .483 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .555 | 1986 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 74th Grey Cup championship |
| 14 | Ted Schmitz | 1987 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| – | Al Bruno | 1988–1990 | 48 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 50 | .521 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | |
| 15 | David Beckman | 1990–1991 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | .143 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 16 | John Gregory | 1991–1994 | 52 | 21 | 31 | 0 | 42 | .404 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | |
| 17 | Don Sutherin | 1994–1997 | 67 | 20 | 47 | 0 | 40 | .298 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | |
| 18 | Urban Bowman | 1997 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | .091 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 19 | Ron Lancaster | 1998–2003 | 108 | 51 | 56 | 1 | 103 | .477 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 1998 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 87th Grey Cup championship |
| 20 | Greg Marshall | 2004–2006 | 40 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 29 | .359 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 2004 Annis Stukus Trophy winner |
| – | Ron Lancaster | 2006 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | .286 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 21 | Charlie Taaffe | 2007–2008 | 28 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 10 | .179 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 22 | Marcel Bellefeuille | 2008–2011 | 62 | 27 | 35 | 0 | 54 | .435 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | |
| 23 | George Cortez | 2012 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 12 | .333 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 24 | Kent Austin | 2013–2017 | 80 | 36 | 44 | 0 | 72 | .450 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | |
| 25 | June Jones | 2017–2018 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
| 26 | Orlondo Steinauer | 2019–2023 | 68 | 39 | 29 | 0 | 78 | .574 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 2019 Annis Stukus Trophy winner |
| 27 | Scott Milanovich | 2024 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 14 | .389 | – | – | – | – | – |
Notes
[edit]- a A running total of the number of coaches of the Tiger-Cats. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
- b Each year is linked to an article about that particular CFL season.
References
[edit]- ^ "Coach of the Year". Canadian Football League. Archived from the original on July 25, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
- ^ Bob Hughes (January 20, 1977). "CFL coaching survivors honor Bob Shaw". The Leader-Post. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
- ^ Turchansky, Ray (September 11, 1978). "Leo Cahill may surface in Hamilton". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 3 July 2011.