{"id":528803,"date":"2026-03-11T09:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/528803\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:42:07","slug":"calgary-colts-unveil-star-studded-coaching-staff-of-cfl-u-sports-alumni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/528803\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary Colts unveil star-studded coaching staff of CFL, U Sports alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Photo courtesy: Saskatchewan Roughriders<\/p>\n

The Calgary Colts have unveiled a star-studded coaching staff for the 2026 Canadian Junior Football League season.<\/p>\n

Led by former CFL and NFL defensive back Elie Bouka, who was hired as head coach early last month<\/a>, the team now boasts a laundry list of notable names from the CFL and U Sports ranks.<\/p>\n

Two-time CFL divisional all-star Mike Edem, who played nine seasons with the Alouettes, Tiger-Cats, Lions, and Roughriders, has joined as defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach. The 36-year-old comes over after having spent time as a position coach at the University of Calgary.<\/p>\n

Former Stampeders fullback William Langlais, who retired last month after 11 years with the team<\/a>, has signed on board as special teams coordinator and running backs coach. The 35-year-old amassed 60 special teams tackles in 132 career regular-season CFL games.<\/p>\n

Nate Kettles, who most recently served as running backs coach and director of football operations at the University of Guelph, has been named the offensive coordinator.<\/p>\n

The Colts have also added some notable names amongst their position coaches. Chris Merchant, who won the Hec Crighton Trophy as the top player in U Sports while playing for Western University, will serve as quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator. Former All-CFL defensive lineman Kent Warnock will coach that position, as he once did for the Calgary Dinos.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the group are offensive line coach Stephane Tanguay, co-defensive line coach Tyler \u2018Bubba\u2019 Scott, receivers coach Aaron Roemmele, assistant defensive coordinator and co-linebackers coach Anton Bellot, co-linebackers coach David Swagar, and kicker\/punter specialist Vince Triumbari.<\/p>\n

The Colts have also brought on a pair of distinguished senior consultants in Wayne Harris and Rohn Meyer. Harris served as head coach of the University of Calgary from 2015 until 2023, posting a 52-26 record and winning the Vanier Cup in 2019. Meyer coached the offensive line for the Dinos from 2002 to 2013, producing a number of top CFL Draft picks.<\/p>\n

Calgary went 2-6 in 2025, finishing sixth in the Prairie Football Conference standings in the CJFL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy: Saskatchewan Roughriders The Calgary Colts have unveiled a star-studded coaching staff for the 2026 Canadian Junior…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[166835,166836,49,2798,48,7028,521,522,520,207676,188484,13276,188486,527,207677,2002,207678,207679,207680,82,207681,203305],"class_list":["post-528803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-3down","tag-3downnation","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada","tag-canadian","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-chris-merchant","tag-cjfl","tag-colts","tag-elie-bouka","tag-football","tag-kent-warnock","tag-league","tag-mike-edem","tag-nate-kettles","tag-pfc","tag-sports","tag-wayne-harris","tag-william-langlais"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528803","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=528803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}