The first Head Coach in Ottawa REDBLACKS history, and the man that led them to their first Grey Cup is coming back to the nation\u2019s capital. The team announced, today, that Rick Campbell has been named the REDBLACKS\u2019 Special Teams Coordinator ahead of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n
\u201cThroughout our time working together, and coaching against each other, Rick has demonstrated what it means to be a leader of men,\u201d said REDBLACKS Head Coach Bob Dyce. \u201cHis experience coaching all phases of the game will be a tremendous asset to our football club, and we\u2019re extremely pleased to welcome him back to Ottawa as our Special Teams Coordinator.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 54-year-old Campbell has spent the last four years serving as Head Coach and Co-General Manager of the BC Lions, where he led the team to a pair of West Division Final appearances in three seasons.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you to Bob Dyce and Shawn Burke for the amazing opportunity to be back with the REDBLACKS. It feels like coming home,\u201d said Campbell. \u201cOttawa is a special place, and I\u2019m looking forward to getting to work and competing for the Grey Cup in 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n
A native of Spokane, Washington, Campbell has occupied the CFL coaching ranks since 1999, winning three Grey Cups across that span. After working as a graduate assistant at Oregon, he joined the Edmonton organization as Special Teams Coordinator and Defensive Backs Coach, helping them win the 91st Grey Cup in 2003. Campbell was promoted to Defensive Coordinator in 2005, winning another Grey Cup that season, and remained in Edmonton until 2008.<\/p>\n
Following stops with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and Calgary Stampeders, Campbell returned to Edmonton as Assistant Head Coach and Special Teams Coordinator in 2011, before rejoining the Stampeders as their Defensive Coordinator the following season. After two years in Calgary, the REDBLACKS made Campbell their first Head Coach in franchise history, and he led the expansion club to a 12-6 record and a Grey Cup appearance in just their second season. In 2016, Campbell \u2013 with Dyce on staff as Special Teams Coordinator \u2013 led the REDBLACKS to their first Grey Cup championship, and would see the team to another appearance in 2018.<\/p>\n
Le premier entra\u00eeneur-chef de l\u2019histoire du ROUGE et NOIR d\u2019Ottawa, et l\u2019homme qui les a men\u00e9s \u00e0 leur premi\u00e8re Coupe Grey, revient dans la capitale nationale. L\u2019\u00e9quipe a annonc\u00e9 aujourd\u2019hui que Rick Campbell a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 coordonnateur des \u00e9quipes sp\u00e9ciales du ROUGE et NOIR en vue de la saison 2025.<\/p>\n
\u00ab Tout au long de notre collaboration et de nos \u00e9changes professionels, Rick a d\u00e9montr\u00e9 ce que signifie \u00eatre un meneur d\u2019hommes \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 l\u2019entra\u00eeneur-chef du ROUGE et NOIR, Bob Dyce. \u00ab Son exp\u00e9rience en tant qu\u2019entra\u00eeneur dans toutes les phases du jeu sera un atout consid\u00e9rable pour notre club de football, et nous sommes extr\u00eamement heureux de l\u2019accueillir de nouveau \u00e0 Ottawa en tant que coordonnateur des \u00e9quipes sp\u00e9ciales. \u00bb<\/p>\n
Campbell, 54 ans, a pass\u00e9 les quatre derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es en tant qu\u2019entra\u00eeneur-chef et co-directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des Lions de la Colombie-Britannique, o\u00f9 il a men\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9quipe \u00e0 deux participations \u00e0 la finale de la division Ouest en trois saisons.<\/p>\n
\u00ab Merci \u00e0 Bob Dyce et \u00e0 Shawn Burke de m\u2019avoir donn\u00e9 l\u2019occasion de revenir avec le ROUGE et NOIR. C\u2019est comme si je revenais \u00e0 la maison \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Campbell. \u00ab Ottawa est un endroit sp\u00e9cial et j\u2019ai h\u00e2te de me mettre au travail et de participer \u00e0 la Coupe Grey en 2025.<\/p>\n
Originaire de Spokane, dans l\u2019\u00c9tat de Washington, Campbell occupe les rangs des entra\u00eeneurs de la LCF depuis 1999, remportant trois Coupes Grey au cours de cette p\u00e9riode. Apr\u00e8s avoir travaill\u00e9 comme assistant dipl\u00f4m\u00e9 \u00e0 Oregon, il a rejoint l\u2019organisation d\u2019Edmonton en tant que coordinateur des \u00e9quipes sp\u00e9ciales et entra\u00eeneur des demi d\u00e9fensifs, les aidant \u00e0 remporter la 91e Coupe Grey en 2003. Campbell a \u00e9t\u00e9 promu coordinateur d\u00e9fensif en 2005, remportant une autre Coupe Grey cette saison-l\u00e0, et est rest\u00e9 \u00e0 Edmonton jusqu\u2019en 2008.<\/p>\n
Apr\u00e8s avoir travaill\u00e9 avec les Blue Bombers de Winnipeg et les Stampeders de Calgary, Campbell est retourn\u00e9 \u00e0 Edmonton en tant qu\u2019entra\u00eeneur-chef adjoint et coordonnateur des \u00e9quipes sp\u00e9ciales en 2011, avant de rejoindre les Stampeders en tant que coordonnateur d\u00e9fensif la saison suivante. Apr\u00e8s deux ans \u00e0 Calgary, le ROUGE et NOIR font de Campbell le premier entra\u00eeneur-chef de l\u2019histoire de la franchise, et il m\u00e8ne la franchise d\u2019expansion \u00e0 une fiche de 12-6 et \u00e0 une participation \u00e0 la Coupe Grey d\u00e8s sa deuxi\u00e8me saison. En 2016, Campbell \u2013 avec Dyce comme coordonnateur des \u00e9quipes sp\u00e9ciales \u2013 a men\u00e9 le ROUGE et NOIR \u00e0 leur premier championnat de la Coupe Grey, et a men\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9quipe \u00e0 une autre participation en 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first Head Coach in Ottawa REDBLACKS history, and the man that led them to their first Grey…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-93423","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\/93423","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=93423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}