{"id":406044,"date":"2026-01-13T07:07:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T07:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/406044\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T07:07:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T07:07:20","slug":"bob-dyce-joins-ticats-2026-coaching-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/406044\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Dyce joins Ticats&#8217; 2026 coaching staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HAMILTON \u2014 The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have announced on Monday the team\u2019s full coaching staff for the 2026 Canadian Football League season, including Bob Dyce as the club\u2019s special teams coordinator and assistant head coach.<\/p>\n<p>Led by head coach and offensive coordinator Scott Milanovich, the Tiger-Cats coaching staff will feature strong continuity, with 10 members returning from the 2025 season alongside Dyce as the lone new addition.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED<br \/>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/01\/08\/ticats-release-defensive-lineman-casey-sayles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ticats release defensive lineman Casey Sayles<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2025\/12\/05\/cfl-cas-top-30-pending-free-agents-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2025\/12\/05\/cfl-cas-top-30-pending-free-agents-12\/\" aria-label=\"CFL.ca\u2019s top 30 pending free agents - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->CFL.ca\u2019s top 30 pending free agents<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/fa26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/fa26\" aria-label=\"Official 2026 Free Agent Tracker - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->Official 2026 Free Agent Tracker<\/a><br \/>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/01\/07\/3-potential-landing-spots-for-julian-howsare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/01\/07\/3-potential-landing-spots-for-julian-howsare\/\" aria-label=\"3 potential landing spots for Julian Howsare - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->3 potential landing spots for Julian Howsare<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Subscribe to the CFL\u2019s newsletter for exclusive offers and league updates - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/newsletter\/\" data-uw-original->Subscribe to the CFL\u2019s newsletter for exclusive offers and league updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the returning staff, Dyce joins the Tiger-Cats with more than two decades of Canadian football coaching experience. Returning coaches <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/james-tuck\/160617\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"James Tuck\">James Tuck<\/a> and Myer Spitulnik will take on expanded responsibilities, with Tuck appointed co-special teams coordinator and Spitulnik adding the role of running backs coach to his responsibilities. The remaining members of the coaching staff will continue in their 2025 roles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDennis McKnight is a one-of-a-kind coach and friend who will be difficult to replace,\u201d said Hamilton Tiger-Cats head coach and offensive coordinator Scott Milanovich.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very fortunate that Bob Dyce was available, and I feel he is a slam-dunk hire. His experience, leadership and character will serve our players and our organization extremely well. The stability within our coaching staff is critical as we build on last season and continue working in 2026 toward our goal of bringing the Grey Cup back to Hamilton.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dyce joins Hamilton after spending the previous four seasons with the Ottawa REDBLACKS, including three as the club\u2019s head coach. A native of Winnipeg, Man., he began his CFL coaching career with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2003\u201309) before spending five seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in multiple roles, including offensive coordinator and special teams coordinator. He was part of Saskatchewan\u2019s 101st Grey Cup championship staff in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>He later joined the REDBLACKS as special teams coordinator in 2016, helping the club capture the 104th Grey Cup, and was named the third head coach in franchise history in 2022, a position he held through the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton Tiger-Cats\u2019 2026 coaching staff<\/p>\n<p>Scott Milanovich \u2013 Head Coach &amp; Offensive Coordinator<br \/>\nBob Dyce* \u2013 Special Teams Coordinator &amp; Assistant Head Coach<br \/>\nBrent Monson \u2013 Defensive Coordinator<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/james-tuck\/160617\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"James Tuck\">James Tuck<\/a> \u2013 Co-Special Teams Coordinator<br \/>\nJarryd Baines \u2013 Quarterbacks Coach<br \/>\nBrendan Walsh \u2013 Offensive Line Coach<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/naaman-roosevelt\/156296\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Naaman Roosevelt\">Naaman Roosevelt<\/a> \u2013 Receivers Coach<br \/>\nMyer Spitulnik \u2013 Running Backs &amp; Offensive Quality Control Coach<br \/>\nCasey Creehan \u2013 Defensive Line Coach<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/brandon-isaac\/143501\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Brandon Isaac\">Brandon Isaac<\/a> \u2013 Defensive Backs Coach<br \/>\nElijah Sandweiss \u2013 Linebackers &amp; Assistant Special Teams Coach<\/p>\n<p>* indicates new staff member<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HAMILTON \u2014 The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have announced on Monday the team\u2019s full coaching staff for the 2026 Canadian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-406044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406044","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=406044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}