The Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League named Bob Dyce of Winnipeg, Manitoba as their new head coach on Saturday according to Tim Baines of the Ottawa Sun. At this time Dyce is just the interim head coach as he took over from Paul LaPolice, who was relieved of his duties.
The change of coaches in Ottawa came one day after the Redblacks were beaten 34-19 to the British Columbia Lions on Friday at BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia. With the loss, the Redblacks dropped to a record of three wins and 11 losses, which is the worst record in the CFL.
This will be the second time in Dyce’s career in the CFL he has been a head coach. He was previously the head coach with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2015. That year Saskatchewan had a record of three wins and six losses with Dyce at the helm. Dyce at the time replaced Chris Jones.
Dyce has been a long-term assistant coach in the CFL. He was the receivers coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 2003 to 2009, the passing game coordinator and receivers coach with the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 2010 to 2011, the Roughriders offensive coordinator in 2012, the Roughriders special teams coordinator from 2013 to 2015, and the special teams coordinator with the Redblacks since 2016. As an assistant coach, Dyce won the Grey Cup with the Roughriders in 2013 and with the Redblacks in 2016.
Dyce is one of three Canadian head coaches in the CFL. He is joined by Blue Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea of North Bay, Ontario, and Montreal Alouettes head coach Danny Maciocia of Montreal, Quebec.
