List of Calgary Stampeders head coaches

The Calgary Stampeders are a professional Canadian football team based in Calgary, Alberta, and are members of the West Division in the Canadian Football League (CFL).

The Stampeders were founded in 1935 (as the Calgary Bronks), although the team was inactive from 1941 to 1944.

Key

General #  Number of coaches^[a] †  Elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in the builders category[1] Achievements Achievements during their Calgary head coaching tenure

Regular season[2] 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[2] PGC Games coached PW Wins PL Losses PT Ties PWin% Winning percentage

Head coaches

Note: Statistics are current through the end of the 2016 CFL season.

#	Name	Term^[b]	GC	W	L	T	PTS	Win%	PGC	PW	PL	PT	PWin%	Achievements[3][2]
1	Cronin, CarlCarl Cronin	1935–1938	24	14	10	0	28	.583	7	2	5	0	.286
2	Haughian, DickDick Haughian	1939	11	4	7	0	8	.364	3	2	1	0	.667
3	Haynes, LarryLarry Haynes	1940	8	4	4	0	8	.500	2	0	2	0	.000
4	Griffing, DeanDean Griffing	1945–1947	16	9	7	0	18	.562	8	4	4	0	.500
5	Lear, LesLes Lear	1948–1952	70	40	30	0	80	.571	8	4	3	1	.571	32nd Grey Cup championship
6	Snyder, BobBob Snyder	1953	16	3	12	1	6	.200	–	–	–	–	–
7	Siemering, LarryLarry Siemering	1954	16	8	8	0	16	.500	–	–	–	–	–
8	Hennemier, JackJack Hennemier	1955–1956	25	6	19	0	12	.240	–	–	–	–	–
9	Douglas, OtisOtis Douglas	1957–1960	51	20	29	2	42	.412	2	0	1	1	.000
10	Finks, JimJim Finks	1960	1	0	1	0	0	.000	–	–	–	–	–
11	Owen, SteveSteve Owen	1960	12	6	5	1	13	.542	2	0	2	0	.000
12	Dobbs, BobbyBobby Dobbs	1961–1964	64	38	23	3	79	.622	16	7	9	0	.437
13	Williams, JerryJerry Williams	1965–1968	64	40	23	1	81	.634	10	5	5	0	.500	1967 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
14	Duncan, JimJim Duncan	1969–1973	77	38	38	1	77	.500	11	7	4	0	.636	59th Grey Cup championship
15	Wood, JimJim Wood	1973–1975	29	10	19	0	20	.344	–	–	–	–	–
16	Baker, BobBob Baker	1975–1976	16	3	12	1	7	.200	–	–	–	–	–
17	Tiller, JoeJoe Tiller	1976	6	2	3	1	4	.400	–	–	–	–	–
18	Gotta, JackJack Gotta	1977–1979	48	25	20	3	53	.555	4	2	2	0	.500	1978 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
19	Wiegandt, ArdellArdell Wiegandt	1980–1981	28	14	14	0	28	.500	1	0	1	0	.000
—	Williams, JerryJerry Williams	1981	4	1	3	0	2	.250	–	–	–	–	–
—	Gotta, JackJack Gotta	1982–1983	32	17	14	1	35	.531	1	0	1	0	.000
20	Buratto, SteveSteve Buratto	1984–1985	21	6	15	0	12	.285	–	–	–	–	–
21	Riley, BudBud Riley	1985	11	3	8	0	6	.272	–	–	–	–	–
22	Vespaziani, BobBob Vespaziani	1986–1987	26	13	13	0	26	.500	1	0	1	0	.000
23	Kuharich, LaryLary Kuharich	1987–1989	46	24	22	0	48	.521	2	0	2	0	.000
24	Buono, WallyWally Buono	1990–2002	234	153	79	2	306	.659	24	15	9	0	.625	1992 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 1993 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 80th Grey Cup championship 86th Grey Cup championship 89th Grey Cup championship
25	Barker, JimJim Barker	2003	18	5	13	0	10	.277	–	–	–	–	–
26	Dunigan, MattMatt Dunigan	2004	18	4	14	0	8	.222	–	–	–	–	–
27	Higgins, TomTom Higgins	2005–2007	54	28	25	1	53	.528	3	0	3	0	.000	2005 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
28	Hufnagel, JohnJohn Hufnagel	2008–2015	144	102	41	1	205	.712	14	8	6	0	.571	2008 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 96th Grey Cup championship 102nd Grey Cup championship
29	Dickenson , DaveDave Dickenson	2016	18	15	2	1	31	.861	0	0	0	0	0

Notes

• ^a A running total of the number of coaches of the Stampeders. 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

1. http://www.cfhof.ca/page/builders
2. http://www.stampeders.com/history/more/coaches/
3. "Coach of the Year". Canadian Football League. Retrieved April 1, 2011.