List of Montreal Alouettes head coaches

The Montreal Alouettes are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec, and are members of the East Division in the Canadian Football League (CFL).

The Alouettes were founded in 1946, and were in continuous operation until the franchise folded after the 1981. A new team, named the Montreal Concordes, was created for the 1982 season and was in operation for four full seasons as the Concordes. In an effort to reconnect with the fans the team changed their name back to the Alouettes for 1986 and then folded just before the regular season in 1987. The current franchise was relocated from Baltimore, Maryland as the Baltimore Stallions in 1996, after it became known that the NFL was relocating a franchise to that city. The CFL and the Montreal Alouettes organization recognize the history of the original Alouettes, the Concordes, and the current Alouettes as one franchise, and do not consider the Baltimore franchise as a part of the team's history. In their history, the team has appeared in 18 Grey Cup finals, and has won seven championships. On August 21, 2015, Alouettes ownership relieved Tom Higgins of his coaching duties and brought general manager Jim Popp to the bench for the fourth time. .^[1] The current owner is Bob Wetenhall

Key

General #  Number of coaches^[a] †  Elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in the builders category[2] Achievements Achievements during their Montreal head coaching tenure

Regular season[3] 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[3] PGC Games coached PW Wins PL Losses PWin% Winning percentage

Head coaches

Note: Statistics are current through the end of the 2015 CFL season.

#	Name	Term^[b]	GC	W	L	T	PTS	Win%	PGC	PW	PL	PWin%	Achievements[4][3]
1	Hayman, LewLew Hayman†	1946–1951	72	37	33	2	76	.528	7	5	2	.714	37th Grey Cup championship
2	Walker, DouglasDouglas Walker	1952–1959	108	59	48	1	119	.551	15	6	9	.400
3	Moss, PerryPerry Moss	1960–1962	42	13	25	4	30	.444	4	1	3	.250
4	Trimble, JimJim Trimble	1963–1965	42	17	25	0	34	.281	3	0	3	.405
5	Mudra, DarrellDarrell Mudra	1966	14	7	7	0	14	.500	1	0	1	.000
6	Dalton, KayKay Dalton	1967–1969	42	7	31	4	18	.214	—	—	—	—
7	Etcheverry, SamSam Etcheverry	1970–1972	42	17	24	1	35	.417	5	4	1	.800	58th Grey Cup championship
8	Levy, MarvMarv Levy	1973–1977	78	43	31	4	90	.577	10	7	3	.700	1974 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 62nd Grey Cup championship 65th Grey Cup championship
9	Scannella, JoeJoe Scannella	1978–1981	58	28	28	2	58	.500	7	4	3	.571
10	Eddy, JimJim Eddy	1981	6	2	4	0	4	.333	1	0	1	.000
11	Galat, JoeJoe Galat	1982–1985	62	19	41	2	40	.323	1	0	1	.000
12	Durchik, GaryGary Durchik	1985–1986	22	6	14	2	14	.318	2	1	1	.500
–	Faragalli, JoeJoe Faragalli	1987	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Team folded before Faragalli coached a game
13	Price, BobBob Price	1996	18	12	6	0	24	.667	2	1	1	.500
14	Ritchie, DaveDave Ritchie	1997–1998	36	25	10	1	51	.708	4	2	2	.500
15	Taaffe, CharlieCharlie Taaffe	1999–2000	36	24	12	0	48	.667	3	1	2	.333	1999 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 2000 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
16	Rust, RodRod Rust	2001	17	9	8	0	18	.529	—	—	—	—
17	Popp, JimJim Popp	2001	1	0	1	0	0	.000	1	0	1	.000
18	Matthews, DonDon Matthews†	2002–2006	86	58	28	0	116	.674	8	5	3	.625	2002 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 90th Grey Cup championship
-	Popp, JimJim Popp	2006–2007	22	10	12	0	20	.455	3	1	2	.333
19	Trestman, MarcMarc Trestman	2008–2012	90	59	31	0	96	.656	8	5	3	.625	2009 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 97th Grey Cup championship 98th Grey Cup championship
20	Hawkins, DanDan Hawkins	2013	5	2	3	0	4	.400	—	—	—	—
-	Popp, JimJim Popp	2013	13	6	7	0	0	.461	1	0	1	.000
21	Higgins, TomTom Higgins	2014–2015	26	12	14	0	0	.462	2	1	1	.500
-	Popp, JimJim Popp	2015	10	3	7	0	0	.300	0	0	0	.000

Notes

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

"Montreal Alouettes Hall of Fame" (PDF). Montreal Alouettes. Retrieved May 15, 2011.

Specific

1. "Alouettes fire Higgins as Head Coach; GM Popp to take over". TSN. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
2. "Montreal Alouettes Hall of Fame" (PDF). Montreal Alouettes. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
3. "Montreal Alouettes Media Guide" (PDF). Montreal Alouettes. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
4. "Coach of the Year". Canadian Football League. Retrieved April 1, 2011.