List of Saskatchewan Roughriders head coaches

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 current Roughriders head coach is Chris Jones, the general manager is Chris Jones, and the current president and chief executive officer for the community-owned team is Jim Hopson.

Key

General #  Number of coaches^[a] †  Elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in the builders category Achievements Achievements during their Saskatchewan 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 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	PWin%	Achievements[2]
1	Ritter, FredFred Ritter	1911–1913	12	10	2	0	20	.833	5	4	1	.800
2	Townsend, FrankFrank Townsend	1914	4	4	0	0	8	1.000	2	2	0	1.000
3	Abbott, HickHick Abbott	1915–1916	6	6	0	0	12	1.000	1	1	0	1.000
4	Crapper, JerryJerry Crapper	1919–1921	13	13	0	0	26	1.000	5	4	1	.800
5	Eadie, JackJack Eadie	1922–1923	8	7	1	0	14	.875	4	2	2	.500
6	Dolan, EdEd Dolan	1924	6	4	2	0	8	.667	1	0	1	.000
7	Blackwood, DocDoc Blackwood	1925	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	1	.500
8	Milne, HowieHowie Milne	1926–1928	9	9	0	0	18	1.000	7	6	1	.857
9	Ritchie, AlAl Ritchie†	1929–1933	24	21	2	1	43	.896	17	12	5	.706
10	Grassick, GregGreg Grassick	1934	6	6	0	0	12	1.000	4	3	1	.750
-	Ritchie, AlAl Ritchie†	1935	4	4	0	0	8	1.000	1	0	1	.000
11	Griffing, DeanDean Griffing	1936–1941	50	23	26	1	47	.470	3	2	1	.667
12	King, DonDon King/Holt, LindsayLindsay Holt	1945	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	0	2	.000
13	Preston, KenKen Preston†	1946–1947	16	5	11	0	10	.313	—	—	—	—
14	Grant, FredFred Grant	1948–1950	40	19	21	0	38	.475	5	1	3	.300
15	Smith, HarryHarry Smith	1951	14	8	6	0	16	.571	4	2	2	.500
16	Dobbs, GlennGlenn Dobbs	1952	16	3	13	0	6	.188	—	—	—	—
17	Filchock, FrankFrank Filchock	1953–1957	80	41	25	4	86	.538	11	4	6	.409
18	Terlep, GeorgeGeorge Terlep	1958–1959	25	7	16	2	16	.320	2	0	2	.000
19	Tripucka, FrankFrank Tripucka	1959	7	1	6	0	2	.143	—	—	—	—
20	Carpenter, KenKen Carpenter	1960	16	2	12	2	6	.188	—	—	—	—
21	Owen, SteveSteve Owen	1961–1962	32	13	17	2	28	.438	2	0	2	.000	1962 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
22	Shaw, BobBob Shaw	1963–1964	32	16	14	2	34	.531	7	3	4	.429
23	Keys, EagleEagle Keys†	1965–1970	96	68	25	3	139	.724	17	9	8	.529	1968 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 54th Grey Cup championship
24	Skrien, DaveDave Skrien	1971–1972	32	17	14	1	35	.547	6	3	3	.500
25	Payne, JohnJohn Payne	1973–1976	64	40	23	1	81	.633	8	4	4	.500
26	Eddy, JimJim Eddy	1977–1978	27	10	17	0	20	.370	—	—	—	—
27	Posadowski, WaltWalt Posadowski	1978	11	4	6	1	9	.409	—	—	—	—
28	Lancaster, RonRon Lancaster	1979–1980	32	4	28	0	8	.125	—	—	—	—
29	Faragalli, JoeJoe Faragalli	1981–1983	38	16	21	1	35	.434	—	—	—	—	1981 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
30	Berry, RuebenRueben Berry	1983–1984	26	10	15	1	21	.403	—	—	—	—
31	Gotta, JackJack Gotta	1985–1986	34	11	22	1	23	.338	—	—	—	—
32	Gregory, JohnJohn Gregory	1987–1991	79	35	43	1	71	.449	5	3	2	.600	1989 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 77th Grey Cup championship
33	Matthews, DonDon Matthews†	1991–1993	47	25	22	0	50	.532	2	0	2	.000
34	Jauch, RayRay Jauch	1994–1995	36	17	19	0	34	.472	1	0	1	.000
35	Daley, JimJim Daley	1996–1998	54	18	36	0	36	.333	3	2	1	.667
36	Murphy, CalCal Murphy†	1999	18	3	15	0	6	.167	—	—	—	—
37	Barrett, DannyDanny Barrett	2000–2006	126	57	68	1	115	.456	8	3	5	.375
38	Austin, KentKent Austin	2007	18	12	6	0	24	.667	3	3	0	1.000	2007 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 95th Grey Cup championship
39	Miller, KenKen Miller	2008–2010	54	32	21	1	0	.602	6	3	3	.500
40	Marshall, GregGreg Marshall	2011	8	1	7	0	2	.125	—	—	—	—
-	Miller, KenKen Miller	2011	10	4	6	0	8	.400	—	—	—	—
41	Chamblin, CoreyCorey Chamblin	2012–2015	63	29	34	0	58	.460	5	3	2	.600	2013 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 101st Grey Cup championship
42	Dyce, BobBob Dyce	2015	9	3	6	0	6	.333	—	—	—	—
43	Jones, ChrisChris Jones	2016–present	18	5	13	0	10	.278	—	—	—	—

Notes

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

General

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

Specific

1. The history of the Roughriders
2. "Coach of the Year". Canadian Football League. Retrieved April 1, 2011.