The
Winnipeg Blue Bombers today are pleased to announce the appointment of
long-time CFL coach Richie Hall as the club’s Defensive Coordinator.
Hall comes to Winnipeg after holding the same position with the
Saskatchewan Roughriders for the past four seasons. He has more than twenty
years of CFL coaching experience, including 12 as a Defensive Coordinator, and
two as a Head Coach.
“Richie Hall has been around our game for almost three decades,”
said Head Coach Mike O’Shea. “He knows the league, he understands opposition
offences, and how to adjust when needed. He’s highly respected, and brings
another winning element to our organization. Acquiring him to lead our defence
is major coup for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.”
A three-time Grey Cup
Champion (two as a Defensive Coordinator), Hall has a reputation of fielding
one of the league’s top defences season after season. He coached the league’s
number one ranked defence in 2013, posting a league low 398 points
allowed, while leading the league with 24 interceptions, and the lowest
touchdowns allowed total with 36. All of this culminated in the Riders winning
the 101st Grey Cup in dominating fashion.
“This is an amazing opportunity for me as a coach and as a
person,” said Hall. “For years, I have been in this league and watched from
afar the passion the city and province have for the Blue Bombers. They really
deserve to have a winning football team and all of us on the defensive side of
the ball will do everything we can to make that happen.”
Before his extensive coaching career began, Hall spent nine years
as a defensive back in the CFL with Calgary and Saskatchewan. While with the
Riders, he was a key member in the club winning the 1989 Grey Cup. He was also
named a division all-star four times.
2 comments:
The Riders just won the Labour Day game and the Banjo Bowl each with a last minute drive.
Good, I didn't want him around at all.
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