OTTAWA \u2014 The Ottawa REDBLACKS and head coach and general manager Ryan Dinwiddie revealed on Thursday the club\u2019s coaching staff for the upcoming season, including three returning coaches from last season\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re extremely excited about the group we\u2019ve assembled,\u201d said Ryan Dinwiddie, head coach and general manager of the Ottawa REDBLACKS. \u201cThere\u2019s a tremendous amount of experience on this staff, with coaches who have won at a high level and understand what it takes to be successful in this league. We\u2019ve also been intentional about including up-and-coming coaches who bring fresh ideas and energy while also having several former players on staff who understand the demands of a professional football season. We believe this mix of proven winners and emerging coaches puts us in a strong position to lead our football club moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
RELATED \u00a0<\/p>\n Jeff Reinebold brings over 40 years of coaching experience to the REDBLACKS\u2019 staff, including 17 years of CFL coaching experience, 19 years in college football and five years in NFL Europe. The South Bend, Indiana native most recently served as the defensive tackles coach at the University of Hawaii (2024-25) under head coach Timmy Chang. Prior to his time at Hawaii, Reinebold completed his third stint as the Special Teams Coordinator with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2023, \u201819-21, \u201813-16) and has also served as a head coach with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1997-98). His additional CFL experience includes stops with the BC Lions (2018, \u201996, 91-93), Montreal Alouettes (2012), Edmonton (1995) and Las Vegas Posse (1994).<\/p>\n Drew Tate<\/a> most recently spent the last two seasons as an offensive assistant with the Toronto Argonauts (2024-25), where he worked under head coach Ryan Dinwiddie. The former REDBLACKS quarterback (2017) has eight years of coaching experience, including stops in the CFL with the Argos, Saskatchewan Roughriders (2023) and BC Lions (2019). Additionally, he has spent time at the collegiate level with Northern Iowa (2022), UT Martin (2021) and Coastal Carolina (2018). Tate is a three-time Grey Cup champion, having won two as a player (2007, 14) and one as a coach (2024).<\/p>\n Pete Costanza brings 31 years of coaching experience to the staff, including spending the past 17 seasons in the CFL and is a six-time Grey Cup champion (2008, \u201914, \u201918, \u201921, \u201922, \u201924). The New Jersey native most recently worked under coach Dinwiddie with the Toronto Argonauts (2022-25) and has also spent time with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2020-21) and Calgary Stampeders (2008-19). Prior to heading north of the border, Costanza spent two seasons coaching college football (2006-07) and 12 seasons coaching arena football.<\/p>\n Evan Harrington has 12 seasons of professional and college football coaching experience, including spending the past three seasons as an offensive assistant with the Dallas Cowboys (2022-25). The former University of Colorado fullback\u2019s coaching resume includes stops at North Carolina Central University (2021), the Washington Football Team (2019), Independence Community College (2018), Winterthur Warriors (2016-18), Frankfurt Galaxy (2015), Basel Gladiators (2014) and College of the Canyons (2013).<\/p>\n Phillip Daniels most recently helped the Saskatchewan Roughriders capture the 112th Grey Cup, serving as the club\u2019s defensive line coach for the past two seasons (2024-25). Prior to heading to the CFL, Daniels spent four seasons on the Philadelphia Eagles coaching staff (2016-19), helping the club win Super Bowl 52 in 2018. He also spent a season in the USFL as a defensive line coach with the Houston Gamblers (2023). A fourth-round pick defensive lineman out of Georgia, Daniels played 201 games over 14 seasons in the NFL with the Seattle Seahawks (1996-99), Chicago Bears (2000-03) and Washington (2004-10).<\/p>\n Damaso Munoz spent the past six seasons working as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Rutgers University (2020-25). The former East Division All-CFL linebacker spent three seasons with the Ottawa REDBLACKS (2014-16), helping the club win a Grey Cup championship in 2016. The Miami, Florida native played 98 games over his six seasons in the CFL with the REDBLACKS and Edmonton (2011-13). He also spent time in the National Football League with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2011).<\/p>\n Ottawa REDBLACKS\u2019 2026 coaching staff:<\/p>\n Head Coach & Offensive Coordinator \u2013 Ryan Dinwiddie *Denotes returning coach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2014 The Ottawa REDBLACKS and head coach and general manager Ryan Dinwiddie revealed on Thursday the club\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-396915","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Defensive Coordinator \u2013 William Fields*
Special Teams Coordinator \u2013 Jeff Reinebold
Quarterbacks \u2013 Drew Tate<\/a>
Receivers \u2013 Pete Costanza
Offensive Line \u2013 Mike Gibson*
Running Backs \u2013 Evan Harrington
Defensive Line \u2013 Phillip Daniels
Linebackers \u2013 Damaso Munoz<\/a>
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