Dave Ritchie (Canadian football)

Dave Ritchie
Career information
Date of birth	circa. 1938^[1]
Place of birth	New Bedford, Massachusetts^[1]
Status	Retired
Position(s)	HC
Career history
As coach
1993–1995	BC Lions
1997–1998	Montreal Alouettes
1999–2004	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Awards	Coach of the Year in 2001.
Records	CFL's seventh all-time winningest coach (108 wins)

Dave Ritchie (born in New Bedford, Massachusetts) is a former coach in the Canadian Football League. He is best known for his days as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Head Coach from 1999 to 2004. He retired following the end of the 2007 CFL season although he was considered for the 2008 Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach position.^[2]

CFL Head coaching record

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
Team	Year	Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Result
BC	1993	10	8	0	.556	4th in West Division	0	1	Lost in Division Semi-Finals
BC	1994	11	6	1	.647	3rd in West Division	3	0	Won Grey Cup
BC	1995	10	8	0	.556	3rd in North Division	0	1	Lost in Division Semi-Finals
BC Total		31	22	1	.583	0 West Division Championships	3	2	1 Grey Cup
MTL	1997	13	5	0	.722	2nd in East Division	1	1	Lost in Division Finals
MTL	1998	12	5	1	.706	2nd in East Division	1	1	Lost in Division Finals
MTL Total		25	10	1	.708	0 East Division Championships	2	2	0 Grey Cups
WPG	1999	6	12	0	.333	4th in East Division	–	–	Missed Playoffs
WPG	2000	7	10	1	.412	3rd in East Division	1	1	Lost in Conference Finals
WPG	2001	14	4	0	.778	1st in East Division	1	1	Lost in Grey Cup
WPG	2002	12	6	0	.667	2nd in West Division	1	1	Lost in Conference Finals
WPG	2003	11	7	0	.611	2nd in West Division	0	1	Lost in Division Finals
WPG	2004	2	5	0	.286	4th in West Division	–	–	Fired
WPG Total		52	44	1	.532	1 East Division Championship	3	4	0 Grey Cups
Total		108	76	3	.587	1 East Division Championship	8	8	1 Grey Cup

References

1 2 "Buono, Ritchie both respected". CBC News. 2001-11-21. Ritchie, 63, a native of New Bedford, Mass.
↑ Beamish, Mike (2007-02-07). "Ritchie decides to pack it in". Vancouver Sun (Canada).

External links

BCLions.com profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Bob O'Billovich	BC Lions Head Coaches 1993–1995	Succeeded by Joe Paopao
Preceded by Bob Price	Montreal Alouettes Head Coaches 1997–1998	Succeeded by Charlie Taaffe
Preceded by Jeff Reinebold	Winnipeg Blue Bombers Head Coaches 1999–2004	Succeeded by Jim Daley
Awards
Preceded by Ron Lancaster	Grey Cup winning Head Coach 82nd Grey Cup, 1994	Succeeded by Don Matthews

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– )

Montreal Alouettes head coaches

Lew Hayman (1946–1951)
Peahead Walker (1952–1959)
Perry Moss (1960–1962)
Jim Trimble (1963–1965)
Darrell Mudra (1966)
Kay Dalton (1967–1969)
Sam Etcheverry (1970–1972)
Marv Levy (1973–1977)
Joe Scannella (1978–1981)
Jim Eddy (1981)
Joe Galat (1982–1984)
Gary Durchik (1985–1986)
Joe Faragalli (1987)
Bob Price (1996)
Dave Ritchie (1997–1998)
Charlie Taaffe (1999–2000)
Rod Rust (2001)
Jim Popp (2001)
Don Matthews (2002–2006)
Jim Popp (2006–2007)
Marc Trestman (2008–2012)
Dan Hawkins (2013)
Jim Popp (2013)
Tom Higgins (2014–2015)
Jim Popp (2015– )

Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coaches

Fred Ritter (1924–1929)
Jack Millidge (1930)
Pete Barnes (1931)
Carl Cronin (1932–1933)
Greg Kabat (1934)
Bob Fritz (1935–1937)
Reg Threlfall (1938–1944)
Bert Warwick (1945)
Charles A. West (1946–1948)
Frank Larson (1949–1950)
George Trafton (1951–1953)
Allie Sherman (1954–1956)
Bud Grant (1957–1966)
Joe Zaleski (1967–1969)
Jim Spavital (1970–1973)
Bud Riley (1974–1977)
Ray Jauch (1978–1982)
Cal Murphy (1983–1986)
Mike Riley (1987–1990)
Darryl Rogers (1991)
Urban Bowman (1992)
Cal Murphy (1993–1996)
Jeff Reinebold (1997–1998)
Gary Hoffman # (1998)
Dave Ritchie (1999–2004)
Jim Daley (2004–2005)
Doug Berry (2006–2008)
Mike Kelly (2009)
Paul LaPolice (2010–2012)
Tim Burke (2012–2013)
Mike O'Shea (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers general managers

Joe Ryan (1931–1944)
Lou Adelman (1945)
Gord Bieber (1946–1947)
No general manager (1948–1954)
Bill Boivin (1955–1957)
Jim Ausley (1958–1964)
Bud Grant (1965–1966)
Joe Zaleski (1967)
Earl Lunsford (1968–1982)
Cal Murphy (1983–1996)
Jeff Reinebold (1997–1998)
Ken Bishop (1999)
Lyle Bauer (2000–2001)
Dave Ritchie (2002–2003)
Brendan Taman (2004–2008)
Mike Kelly (2009)
Ross Hodgkinson # (2009–2010)
Joe Mack (2010–2013)
Kyle Walters (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim general manager.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 78th Grey Cup Champions

Head coach: Mike Riley

BC Lions 82nd Grey Cup Champions

2 Giulio Caravatta
3 Barry Wilburn
5 Lui Passaglia
6 Cory Philpot
7 Kent Austin
13 Tom Europe
14 Danny McManus
16 Spencer McLennan
20 James Jefferson
22 Sean Foudy
23 Tony Collier
25 Sean Millington
26 Charles Gordon
33 Michael Allen
34 Ryan Hanson
39 Matt Clarke
47 Tyrone Chatman
53 Denny Chronopoulos
55 Ian Sinclair
58 Rob Smith
59 Todd Furdyk
60 Jamie Taras
62 Vic Stevenson
68 Cory Mantyka
73 Andrew Stewart
74 Dave Chaytors
82 Darren Flutie
85 Matt Clark
88 Ray Alexander
89 Yo Murphy
91 Angelo Snipes
92 Doug Petersen
94 Henry Newby
96 Virgil Robertson
00 Less Browne

Head coach: Dave Ritchie

Assistant coaches: John Payne
Jody Allen
Dave Easley
Gene Gaines
Michael Gray
Gary Hoffman

BC Lions 94th Grey Cup Champions

Head coach: Wally Buono

Assistant coaches: Jacques Chapdelaine
Dave Ritchie
Mike Benevides
Jamie Barresi
Dan Dorazio
Steff Kruck
Mike Roach

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

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