List of Toronto Argonauts head coaches

Michael "Pinball" Clemons won the Grey Cup for the Argonauts in 2004.

The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team based in Toronto, Ontario, and are members of the East Division in the Canadian Football League (CFL).

The franchise was founded as in 1873 and was a founding member of the Ontario Rugby Football Union in 1883 and of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union in 1907. In their 137-year history, the team has appeared in 21 Grey Cup finals, and has won a league-high 15 championships. The franchise has had 42 head coaches in its history.^[1] The current Argonauts head coach is Scott Milanovich, the current general manager is Jim Barker, and the current owners are Bell Canada and Larry Tanenbaum.^[2]

Key

General #  Number of coaches^[a] †  Elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in the builders category[3] Achievements Achievements during their Argonauts head coaching tenure

Regular season[4] GC Games coached T Ties = 1 point W Wins = 2 points PTS Points L Losses = 0 points Win% Winning percentage^[b]

Playoffs and Grey Cup[4] PGC Games coached PW Wins PL Losses PWin% Winning percentage

Head coaches

Chaucer Elliott coached for two stints with the Argonauts, including their last season in the ORFU in 1906.

Adam Rita won the Grey Cup for the Argonauts in 1991.

Note: Statistics are current through the end of the 2016 CFL season.

#	Name^[c]	Term^[b]	GC	W	L	T	PTS	Win%	PGC	PW	PL	PWin%	Achievements[5][4]
1	Glazebrook, H.T.H.T. Glazebrook	1873-1874							—	—	—	—
2	Lambe, H.H. Lambe	1875							—	—	—	—
3	Perram, W. H.W. H. Perram	1876-1877							—	—	—	—
4	Bedford, Bedford	1878							—	—	—	—
5	Murphy, OrvilleOrville Murphy	1880-1881							—	—	—	—
6	Blake, HumeHume Blake	1882							—	—	—	—
7	Campbell, A.H.A.H. Campbell	1883							—	—	—	—
-	Blake, HumeHume Blake	1884							—	—	—	—
8	Muntz, RupertRupert Muntz	1885-1886							—	—	—	—
9	Smith, HughHugh Smith	1887-1890							—	—	—	—
10	Bayley, R.R. Bayley	1891-1892							—	—	—	—
11	Wood, BillyBilly Wood	1893							—	—	—	—
12	Wright, Sr., JoeJoe Wright, Sr.	1894-1900							—	—	—	—
14	Kent, PudPud Kent	1901-1903							—	—	—	—
15	Thompson, FredFred Thompson	1904-1905							—	—	—	—
16	Elliott, ChaucerChaucer Elliott	1906	6	4	2	0	8	.667	—	—	—	—
17	Russell, FredFred Russell/Kent, ArtArt Kent	1907–1909	18	3	15	0	6	.167	—	—	—	—
-	Elliott, ChaucerChaucer Elliott	1910	6	3	3	0	6	.500	—	—	—	—
18	Foulds, BillyBilly Foulds†	1911	6	5	1	0	10	.833	2	1	1	.500
19	Newton, JackJack Newton†	1912	6	5	1	0	10	.833	2	1	1	.500
20	Binkley, RossRoss Binkley	1913	6	3	3	0	6	.500	—	—	—	—
-	Foulds, BillyBilly Foulds†	1914	6	5	1	0	10	.833	3	3	0	1.000	6th Grey Cup championship
21	Foulds, BillyBilly Foulds†/Coryell, WarrenWarren Coryell	1915	6	4	2	0	8	.667	—	—	—	—
22	McEvenue, SincSinc McEvenue	1919	6	3	3	0	6	.500	—	—	—	—
23	Rodden, MikeMike Rodden†	1920	6	5	1	0	10	.833	2	1	1	.500
-	McEvenue, SincSinc McEvenue	1921	6	6	0	0	12	1.000	3	3	0	1.000	9th Grey Cup championship
24	O'Connor, JackJack O'Connor	1922–1925	24	14	7	3	31	.646	2	1	1	.500
-	Rodden, MikeMike Rodden†	1926	6	3	3	0	6	.500	—	—	—	—
25	Knight, FrankFrank Knight	1927–1928	12	3	7	2	8	.333	—	—	—	—
26	McKenna, BuckBuck McKenna	1929–1932	24	13	10	1	27	.563	—	—	—	—
27	Hayman, LewLew Hayman†	1933–1941	57	40	15	2	82	.719	20	12	8	.600	21st Grey Cup championship 25th Grey Cup championship 26th Grey Cup championship
28	Morris, TedTed Morris	1945–1949	54	29	21	4	62	.574	11	10	1	.909	33rd Grey Cup championship 34th Grey Cup championship 35th Grey Cup championship
29	Clair, FrankFrank Clair†	1950–1954	64	31	31	2	64	.500	11	8	3	.727	38th Grey Cup championship 40th Grey Cup championship
30	Swiacki, BillBill Swiacki	1955–1956	26	8	10	0	16	.444	2	1	1	.500
31	Pool, HampHamp Pool	1957–1959	32	9	23	0	18	.281	—	—	—	—
32	Owen, SteveSteve Owen	1959	10	3	7	0	6	.500	—	—	—	—
33	Agase, LouLou Agase	1960–1962	31	17	13	1	35	.565	5	2	3	.400
34	Wirkowski, NobbyNobby Wirkowski	1962–1964	39	11	28	0	14	.282	—	—	—	—
35	Shaw, BobBob Shaw	1965–1966	28	8	20	0	16	.286	—	—	—	—
36	Cahill, LeoLeo Cahill	1967–1972	84	45	38	1	91	.542	10	6	4	.400	1971 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
37	Rauch, JohnJohn Rauch	1973–1974	21	10	9	2	22	.524	1	0	1	.000
38	Moss, JoeJoe Moss	1974	9	3	5	1	7	.389	—	—	—	—
39	Jackson, RussRuss Jackson	1975–1976	32	12	18	2	26	.406	—	—	—	—
-	Cahill, LeoLeo Cahill	1977–1978	25	9	16	0	18	.360	1	0	1	.000
40	Riley, BudBud Riley	1978	7	1	6	0	2	.143	—	—	—	—
41	Gregg, ForrestForrest Gregg	1979	16	5	11	0	10	.313	—	—	—	—
42	Wood, WillieWillie Wood	1980–1981	26	6	20	0	12	.231	—	—	—	—
43	Hudspeth, TommyTommy Hudspeth	1981	6	2	4	0	4	.333	—	—	—	—
44	O'Billovich, BobBob O'Billovich	1982–1989	136	78	55	3	36	.585	12	6	6	.500	1982 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 1987 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 71st Grey Cup championship
45	Matthews, DonDon Matthews†	1990	18	10	8	0	20	.556	2	1	1	.500
46	Rita, AdamAdam Rita	1991–1992	29	16	13	0	32	.552	2	2	0	1.000	1991 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 79th Grey Cup championship
47	Meyer, DennisDennis Meyer	1992–1993	17	4	13	0	10	.235	—	—	—	—
-	O'Billovich, BobBob O'Billovich	1993–1994	26	9	17	0	18	.346	1	0	1	.000
48	Faragalli, MikeMike Faragalli	1995	9	2	7	0	4	.222	—	—	—	—
-	O'Billovich, BobBob O'Billovich	1995	9	2	7	0	4	.222	—	—	—	—
-	Matthews, DonDon Matthews†	1996–1998	54	39	15	0	78	.722	5	4	1	.800	1997 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 84th Grey Cup championship 85th Grey Cup championship
49	Barker, JimJim Barker	1999	18	9	9	0	18	.500	1	0	1	.000
50	Huard, JohnJohn Huard	2000	8	1	6	1	3	.189	—	—	—	—
51	Highsmith, WallyWally Highsmith (interim)	2000–2000	2	1	1	0	2	.500	—	—	—	—
52	Clemons, MichaelMichael Clemons	2000–2001	26	12	14	0	24	.462	—	—	—	—
53	Etcheverry, GaryGary Etcheverry	2002	12	4	8	0	8	.333	—	—	—	—
	Clemons, MichaelMichael Clemons	2002–2007	96	55	40	1	27	.578	12	5	7	.417	92nd Grey Cup championship
54	Stubler, RichRich Stubler	2008	10	4	6	0	8	.400	—	—	—	—
-	Matthews, DonDon Matthews†	2008	8	0	8	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—
55	Andrus, BartBart Andrus	2009	18	3	15	0	6	.167	—	—	—	—
-	Barker, JimJim Barker	2010–2011	36	15	21	0	30	.417	2	1	1	.500	2010 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
56	Milanovich, ScottScott Milanovich	2012–present	90	43	47	0	86	.478	5	3	2	.600	2013 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 100th Grey Cup championship

Notes

• ^a A running total of the number of coaches of the Argonauts. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
• ^b Each year is linked to an article about that particular CFL season.
• ^c Entries prior to 1907 are taken from "Year-By-Year History" in the references. A consolidated list after 1907 is listed at "Toronto Argonauts All-Time Coaching."

References

General

• "Toronto Argonauts All-Time Coaching". Toronto Argonauts. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
• "History of the Toronto Argonauts". Canadian Football League. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
• "Year-By-Year History". Toronto Argonauts. Retrieved December 29, 2013.

Specific

1. http://www.cfl.ca/article/argonauts-name-scott-milanovich-head-coach Argonauts name Scott Milanovich Head Coach
2. "Toronto Argonauts Front Office & Football Operations". Toronto Argonauts. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
3. "Toronto Argonauts Hall of Fame" (PDF). Toronto Argonauts. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
4. "Toronto Argonauts Media Guide" (PDF). Toronto Argonauts. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
5. "Coach of the Year". Canadian Football League. Retrieved April 1, 2011.