Adam Rita

Toronto Argonauts GM Adam Rita at the Argos' practice facility on June 14, 2009

Adam Rita (Born September 21, 1947) is a Canadian Football League executive who has served as the head coach of Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders, and BC Lions and as general manager of the Lions and Argonauts.

Rita first began his CFL coaching career in 1983 as the offensive co-ordinator for the B.C. Lions.^[1] He first became a CFL Head Coach in 1991 with the Toronto Argonauts with whom he won his first and only Grey Cup championship as a Head Coach in that same year.

Rita grew up on Kaua'i, Hawai'i and as a young boy, he was a member of a canoe club and appeared paddling a canoe in the wedding scene of the Elvis Presley movie Blue Hawaii.

Rita has two sons, Kevin and Harrison and two grandchildren Seth and Jennifer.^[2]

In 2004, Rita was named General Manager and Vice President of Football Operations of the Toronto Argonauts. Toronto won the 92nd Grey Cup in his first year on the job, but managed only a 48–60 record after that. Rita's contract was not renewed following the 2010 season and he was replaced by head coach Jim Barker.^[3]

CFL GM record

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
Team	Year	Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Result
BC	1997	8	10	0	.444	4th in West Division	0	1	Lost in East Semi-Final
BC	1998	9	9	0	.500	3rd in West Division	0	1	Lost in West Semi-Final
BC	1999	13	5	0	.750	1st in West Division	0	1	Lost in West Final
BC	2000	8	10	0	.444	3rd in West Division	3	0	Won Grey Cup
BC	2001	8	10	0	.444	3rd in West Division	0	1	Lost in West Semi-Final
BC	2002	10	8	0	.750	3rd in West Division	0	1	Lost in East Semi-Final
TOR	2003	9	9	0	.500	2nd in West Division	1	1	Lost in East Final
TOR	2004	10	7	1	.588	2nd in East Division	3	0	Won Grey Cup
TOR	2005	11	7	0	.611	1st in East Division	0	1	Lost in East Final
TOR	2006	10	8	0	.556	2nd in East Division	1	1	Lost in East Final
TOR	2007	11	7	0	.611	1st in East Division	0	1	Lost in East Final
TOR	2008	4	14	0	.222	3rd in East Division	-	-	Failed to Qualify
TOR	2009	3	15	0	.167	4th in East Division	-	-	Failed to Qualify
TOR	2010	9	9	0	.500	3rd in East Division	1	1	Lost in East Final
Total		122	128	1	.488	3 Division Championships	9	10	2 Grey Cups

CFL coaching record

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
Team	Year	Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Result
TOR	1991	13	5	0	.722	1st in East Division	2	0	Won Grey Cup
TOR	1992	3	8	0	.273	4th in East Division	–	–	Fired Midseason
OTT	1994	4	14	0	.222	4th in East Division	0	1	Lost in East Semi-Final
BC	1997	8	10	0	.444	4th in West Division	0	1	Lost in Division Semifinals
BC	1998	2	6	0	.250	4th in West Division	–	–	Resigned Midseason
BC	2002	9	3	0	.750	3rd in West Division	0	1	Lost in Division Semifinals
Total		40	46	0	.465	1 Division Championships	2	3	1 Grey Cup

References

External links

Toronto Argonauts profile

Awards
Preceded by Mike Riley	Grey Cup winning Head Coach 79th Grey Cup, 1991	Succeeded by Wally Buono

BC Lions 73rd Grey Cup Champions

1 Darnell Clash
3 Jim Sandusky
4 Nelson Martin
5 Lui Passaglia
7 Bernie Glier
8 Ned Armour
9 Roy Dewalt
10 Melvin Byrd
11 Tim Cowan
12 Bruce Barnett
14 Freddie Sims
16 Ron Robinson
18 Keith Gooch
20 John Henry White
21 John Pankratz
28 Larry Crawford
31 Kevin Konar
33 Ryan Potter
37 Glen Jackson
40 James "Quick" Parker
44 John Ulmer
52 Al Wilson
54 Glenn Leonhard
55 Ian Sinclair
60 Bennie Jones
61 Bryan Illerbrun
65 Gerald Roper
68 John Blain
69 Jamie Buis
72 Mark Debrueys
77 Mike Gray
90 Rick Klassen
91 Tyrone Crews
99 Nick Hebeler

Head Coach: Don Matthews

Assistant coaches: Adam Rita
Rich Ellerson
Greg Newhouse
Roy Shivers
Ron Smeltzer
Bob Vespaziani

Toronto Argonauts 79th Grey Cup Champions

1 Darrell Smith
2 Reggie Pleasant
4 Lance Chomyc
5 Kevin Smellie
6 David Williams
7 Carl Brazley
8 Hank Ilesic
9 Fred McNair
10 Jim Rockford
11 Tom Porras
12 Willie Gillus
13 Ed Berry
14 Rickey Foggie
15 J. P. Izquierdo
16 Matt Dunigan
17 Dave VanBelleghem
18 Floyd Salazar
18 Chris Munford
20 Don Wilson
21 Darryl Ford
23 Brian Smith
24 Keith Kelly
25 Raghib Ismail
27 Paul Nastasiuk
28 Howard Dell
28 Mark Brus
29 Dave Bovell
29 Marcus Thomas
31 Pinball Clemons
33 Darryl Clack
34 Donovan Wright
35 Bruce Elliott
36 Don Moen
37 Keith Castello
38 Chris Gaines
39 Prentiss Wright
42 Bruce Dickson
44 Brian Warren
50 John Coflin
54 Blaine Schmidt
56 Ian Beckstead
57 Jeff Braswell
63 Jim Kardash
64 Bob Skemp
66 Kelvin Pruenster
67 Chris Schultz
69 Dan Ferrone
70 Harold Hallman
77 Rodney Harding
79 Mark Napiorkowski
80 Jeff Boyd
86 Andrew Murray
88 Paul Masotti
99 Mike Campbell

Chairman/President/Owner - Bruce McNall,
Owners - John Candy, Wayne Gretzky,
General Manager - Mike McCarthy,

Head coach - Adam Rita,
Asstistant Coaches - Bruce Cowdrey, Dave Ensky, Jim Hilles, Ron Lancaster Jr., Mike Levendler, Dennis Meyer, Scott Sparguos,

Edmonton Eskimos 81st Grey Cup Champions

2 Gizmo Williams
5 Gary Morris
6 Rickey Jones
7 Jim Sandusky
8 Wayde Butler
9 Damon Allen
10 Damion Lyons
11 Sean Fleming
13 Ed Berry
15 Tom Muecke
16 Rickey Foggie
17 Eddie Thomas
18 Glenn Harper
19 David Shelton
20 Don Wilson
22 Blake Marshall
23 J. P. Izquierdo
24 Dan Murphy
25 Morris Lolar
26 Glenn Rogers
28 Trent Brown
31 Eric Mitchel
32 Michael Soles
33 Lucius Floyd
34 Brian Walling
36 Bruce Dickson
39 Willie Pless
40 Bennie Goods
41 Errol Martin
43 Jed Roberts
46 Malvin Hunter
47 Larry Wruck
50 Blake Dermott
51 Jeff Thomas
53 Mike Dumaresq
56 Steve Krupey
57 Randy Ambrosie
60 Chris Morris
61 Terris Chorney
67 Rod Connop
87 Jay Christensen
88 Eddie Brown
89 Leroy Blugh
90 Leonard Johnson
91 Tony Woods
94 Michel Bourgeau

Head Coach: Ron Lancaster

Assistant coaches: Bill MacDermott
Mark Nelson
Greg Newhouse
Adam Rita
Rich Stubler

General Manager: Hugh Campbell

President: J. C. Ramsey

Annis Stukus Trophy – CFL Coach of the Year

1961: Trimble
1962: Owen
1963: Skrien
1964: Sazio
1965: Grant
1966: Clair
1967: Williams
1968: Keys
1969: Clair
1970: Jauch
1971: Cahill
1972: Gotta
1973: Gotta
1974: Levy
1975: Brancato
1976: Shaw
1977: Rapp
1978: Gotta
1979: H. Campbell
1980: Jauch
1981: Faragalli
1982: O'Billovich
1983: Murphy
1984: Murphy
1985: Matthews
1986: Bruno
1987: O'Billovich
1988: Riley
1989: Gregory
1990: Riley
1991: Rita
1992: Buono
1993: Buono
1994: Matthews
1995: Matthews
1996: Lancaster
1997: Matthews
1998: Lancaster
1999: Taaffe
2000: Taaffe
2001: Ritchie
2002: Matthews
2003: Higgins
2004: Marshall
2005: Higgins
2006: Buono
2007: Austin
2008: Hufnagel
2009: Trestman
2010: Barker
2011: Buono
2012: Milanovich
2013: Chamblin
2014: Hufnagel
2015: R. Campbell

BC Lions head coaches

Annis Stukus (1954–1955)
Clem Crowe (1956–1958)
Dan Edwards (1958)
Wayne Robinson (1959–1961)
Dave Skrien (1961–1967)
Ron Morris (1967)
Jim Champion (1967–1969)
Jackie Parker (1969–1970)
Eagle Keys (1971–1975)
Cal Murphy (1975–1976)
Vic Rapp (1977–1982)
Don Matthews (1983–1987)
Larry Donovan (1987–1989)
Joe Galat (1989)
Lary Kuharich (1990)
Jim Young (1990)
Bob O'Billovich (1990–1992)
Dave Ritchie (1993–1995)
Joe Paopao (1996)
Adam Rita (1997–1998)
Greg Mohns (1998–2000)
Steve Buratto (2000–2002)
Adam Rita (2002)
Wally Buono (2003–2011)
Mike Benevides (2012–2014)
Jeff Tedford (2015)
Wally Buono (2016– )

BC Lions general managers

Phil Webb (1954–1956) Herb Capozzi (1957–1966) Denny Veitch (1967–1970) Jackie Parker (1971–1975) Bob Ackles (1975–1985) Joe Galat (1986–1989) Joe Kapp (1990) Jim Young # (1990) Bob O'Billovich (1990–1992) Eric Tillman (1993–1995) George Chayka (1996) Adam Rita (1997–2002) Wally Buono (2003– ) Pound sign (#) denotes interim general manager.

Ottawa Rough Riders head coaches

Tom Clancy (1904–1911)
Doc Galvin (1912)
Reverend Father Stanton (1913)
Eddie Girard (1914)
Frank Shaughnessy (1915)
Dave McCann (1919)
Silver Quilty (1920)
Tom Clancy (1921–1922)
Silver Quilty (1923)
Dave McCann (1924–1927)
Walter Gilhooley (1928)
Joe Miller (1929)
Dr. Andy Davies (1930)
Dave McCann (1931–1932)
Wally Masters (1933–1934)
Billy Hughes (1935–1936)
Ross Trimble (1937–1941)
George Fraser (1942)
Ross Trimble (1945)
George Fraser (1946)
Sammy Fox (1947)
Wally Masters (1948–1950)
Clem Crowe (1951–1954)
Chan Caldwell (1955)
Frank Clair (1956–1969)
Jack Gotta (1970–1973)
George Brancato (1974–1984)
Joe Moss (1985–1986)
Tom Dimitroff (1986)
Fred Glick (1987–1988)
Bob Weber (1988)
Steve Goldman (1989–1991)
Joe Faragalli (1991)
Ron Smeltzer (1992–1993)
Adam Rita (1994)
Jim Gilstrap (1995–1996)
John Payne (1996)

Toronto Argonauts head coaches

H. T. Glazebrook (1873–1874)
H. Lambe (1875)
W. H. Perram (1876–1877)
Bedford (1878–1879)
Orville Murphy (1880–1881)
Hume Blake (1882)
A. H. Campbell (1883)
Hume Blake (1884)
Rupert Muntz (1885–1886)
Hugh Smith (1887–1890)
R. Bayley (1891–1892)
Billy Wood (1893)
Joe Wright, Sr. (1894–1900)
Pud Kent (1901–1903)
Fred Thompson (1904–1905)
Chaucer Elliott (1906)
Art Kent and Fred Russell (1907–1908)
Chaucer Elliott (1909–1910)
Billy Foulds (1911)
Jack Newton (1912)
Ross Binkley (1913)
Billy Foulds (1914)
Warren Coryell and Billy Foulds (1915)
Sinc McEvenue (1919)
Mike Rodden (1920)
Sinc McEvenue (1921)
Jack O'Connor (1922–1925)
Mike Rodden (1926)
Frank Knight (1927–1928)
Buck McKenna (1929–1932)
Lew Hayman (1932–1944)
Teddy Morris (1945–1949)
Frank Clair (1950–1954)
Bill Swiacki (1955)
Hamp Pool (1956–1959)
Steve Owen (1959)
Lou Agase (1960–1962)
Nobby Wirkowski (1962–1964)
Bob Shaw (1965–1966)
Leo Cahill (1967–1972)
John Rauch (1973–1974)
Joe Moss (1974)
Russ Jackson (1975–1976)
Leo Cahill (1977–1978)
Bud Riley (1978)
Forrest Gregg (1979)
Willie Wood (1980–1981)
Tommy Hudspeth (1981)
Bob O'Billovich (1982–1989)
Don Matthews (1990)
Adam Rita (1991–1992)
Dennis Meyer (1992–1993)
Bob O'Billovich (1993–1994)
Mike Faragalli (1995)
Bob O'Billovich (1995)
Don Matthews (1996–1998)
Jim Barker (1999)
John Huard (2000)
Pinball Clemons (2000–2001)
Gary Etcheverry (2002)
Pinball Clemons (2002–2007)
Rich Stubler (2008)
Don Matthews (2008)
Bart Andrus (2009)
Jim Barker (2010–2011)
Scott Milanovich (2012– )

Toronto Argonauts general managers

Lew Hayman (1957–1970)
John Barrow (1971–1975)
Dick Shatto (1976–1978)
Tommy Hudspeth (1979–1981)
Jim Eddy (1982–1983)
Ralph Sazio (1984–1985)
Leo Cahill (1986–1988)
Ralph Sazio (1989)
Mike McCarthy (1990–1993)
Bob O'Billovich (1994–1995)
Don Matthews (1996)
Eric Tillman (1997)
Don Matthews (1998)
Eric Tillman (1999)
J. I. Albrecht (2000)
Paul Masotti (2001)
Gary Etcheverry (2002)
Michael Clemons (2003)
Adam Rita (2004–2010)
Jim Barker (2011– )

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