List of Hamilton Tiger-Cats head coaches

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 19 Grey Cup finals, and has won eight championships. The current Tiger-Cats head coach is Kent Austin.

Key

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

Regular season 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 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[1]
1	Voyles, Carl M.Carl M. Voyles	1950–1955	76	48	27	1	97	.640	15	6	9	0	.400	41st Grey Cup championship
2	Trimble, JimJim Trimble	1956–1962	98	60	36	2	122	.625	18	10	8	0	.556	1961 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 46th Grey Cup championship
3	Sazio, RalphRalph 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	Restic, JoeJoe Restic	1968–1970	42	22	17	3	47	.564	4	0	4	0	.000
5	Dorow, AlAl Dorow	1971	14	7	7	0	14	.500	3	1	1	1	.500
6	Williams, JerryJerry Williams	1972–1975	60	30	29	1	61	.508	4	2	2	0	.500	60th Grey Cup championship
7	Dickson, GeorgeGeorge Dickson[2]	1976	2	0	2	0	0	.000	–	–	–	–	–
8	Shaw, BobBob Shaw	1976–1977	30	13	17	0	26	.433	2	1	1	0	.500	1976 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
9	Dimitroff, Sr., TomTom Dimitroff, Sr.[3]	1978	5	1	3	1	3	.250	–	–	–	–	–
10	Payne, JohnJohn Payne	1978–1980	43	18	24	1	37	.429	4	1	3	0	.250
11	Kush, FrankFrank Kush	1981	16	11	4	1	23	.733	1	0	1	0	.000
12	Riley, BudBud Riley	1982–1983	28	12	15	1	25	.444	1	0	1	0	.000
13	Bruno, AlAl Bruno	1983–1987	62	29	31	2	60	.483	9	5	4	0	.555	1986 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 74th Grey Cup championship
14	Schmitz, TedTed Schmitz	1987	6	1	5	0	2	.167	1	0	1	0	.000
–	Bruno, AlAl Bruno	1988–1990	48	25	23	0	50	.521	4	2	2	0	.500
15	Beckman, DavidDavid Beckman	1990–1991	14	2	12	0	4	.143	–	–	–	–	–
16	Gregory, JohnJohn Gregory	1991–1994	52	21	31	0	42	.404	4	2	2	0	.500
17	Sutherin, DonDon Sutherin	1994–1997	67	20	47	0	40	.298	2	0	2	0	.000
18	Bowman, UrbanUrban Bowman	1997	11	1	11	0	2	.091	–	–	–	–	–
19	Lancaster, RonRon Lancaster	1998–2003	108	51	56	1	103	.477	8	5	3	0	.625	1998 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 87th Grey Cup championship
20	Marshall, GregGreg Marshall	2004–2006	40	14	25	1	29	.359	1	0	1	0	.000	2004 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
–	Lancaster, RonRon Lancaster	2006	14	4	10	0	8	.286	–	–	–	–	–
21	Taaffe, CharlieCharlie Taaffe	2007–2008	28	5	23	0	10	.179	–	–	–	–	–
22	Bellefeuille, MarcelMarcel Bellefeuille	2008–2011	62	27	35	0	54	.435	4	1	3	0	.250
23	Cortez, GeorgeGeorge Cortez	2012	18	6	12	0	12	.333	–	–	–	–	–
24	Austin, KentKent Austin	2013–present	72	36	36	0	72	.500	8	4	4	0	.500

Notes

• ^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

1. "Coach of the Year". Canadian Football League. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
2. Bob Hughes (January 20, 1977). "CFL coaching survivors honor Bob Shaw". The Leader-Post. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
3. Turchansky, Ray (September 11, 1978). "Leo Cahill may surface in Hamilton". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 3 July 2011.