List of Toronto Argonauts head coaches explained

The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team based in Toronto, Ontario, and play in 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 its long history, the team has won a record 19 championships and been led by 59 head coaches.^[1] The current Argonauts head coach is Ryan Dinwiddie, the current general manager is Michael Clemons, and the current owner is Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment.^{[2] [3]}

Key

Symbol	Description
GC	Games coached
W	Wins
L	Losses
T	Ties
W%	Winning percentage
PGC	Playoff games coached
PW	Playoff wins
PL	Playoff losses
PW%	Playoff winning percentage
†	Elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in the builders category[4]

Head coaches

Note: Statistics are current through the end of the 2024 CFL season.

#	width=100	Name	Term	GC	W	L	T	W%	PGC	PW	PL	PW%	width=210 class=unsortable	Achievements[5] [6]
1	H. T. Glazebrook	1873–1874						—	—	—	—
2	Harold Lambe	1875						—	—	—	—
3	W. H. Perram	1876–1877						—	—	—	—
4	Bedford	1878						—	—	—	—
5	Orville Murphy	1880–1881						—	—	—	—
6	Hume Blake (1st stint)	1882						—	—	—	—
7	A. H. Campbell	1883						—	—	—	—
-	Hume Blake (2nd stint)	1884						—	—	—	—
8	Rupert Muntz	1885–1886						—	—	—	—
9	Hugh Smith	1887–1890						—	—	—	—
10	R. Bayley	1891–892						—	—	—	—
11	Billy Wood	1893						—	—	—	—
12		1894–1900						—	—	—	—
14		1901–1903						—	—	—	—
15	Fred Thompson	–1905						—	—	—	—
16	(1st stint)	1906	6	4	2	0	.667	—	—	—	—
17	/	–	18	3	15	0	.167	—	—	—	—
-	(2nd stint)		6	3	3	0	.500	—	—	—	—
18	align=left style="background-color:#FFE6BD"	† (1st stint)		6	5	1	0	.833	2	1	1	.500
19	align=left style="background-color:#FFE6BD"	†		6	5	1	0	.833	2	1	1	.500
20			6	3	3	0	.500	—	—	—	—
-	align=left style="background-color:#FFE6BD"	† (2nd stint)		6	5	1	0	.833	3	3	0	1.000	6th Grey Cup championship
21	† (2nd stint)/		6	4	2	0	.667	—	—	—	—
22	(1st stint)		6	3	3	0	.500	—	—	—	—
23	align=left style="background-color:#FFE6BD"	† (1st stint)		6	5	1	0	.833	2	1	1	.500
-	(2nd stint)		6	6	0	0	1.000	3	3	0	1.000	9th Grey Cup championship
24		–	24	14	7	3	.646	2	1	1	.500
-	align=left style="background-color:#FFE6BD"	† (2nd stint)		6	3	3	0	.500	—	—	—	—
25		–	12	3	7	2	.333	—	—	—	—
26		–	24	13	10	1	.563	—	—	—	—
27	align=left style="background-color:#FFE6BD"	†	–	57	40	15	2	.719	20	12	8	.600	21st Grey Cup championship 25th Grey Cup championship 26th Grey Cup championship
28		1945–1949	54	29	21	4	.574	11	10	1	.909	33rd Grey Cup championship 34th Grey Cup championship 35th Grey Cup championship
29	align=left style="background-color:#FFE6BD"	†	1950–1954	64	31	31	2	.500	11	8	3	.727	38th Grey Cup championship 40th Grey Cup championship
30		1955–1956	26	8	10	0	.444	2	1	1	.500
31		1957–	32	9	23	0	.281	—	—	—	—
32			10	3	7	0	.500	—	—	—	—
33		–	31	17	13	1	.565	5	2	3	.400
34		–	39	11	28	0	.282	—	—	—	—
35		–	28	8	20	0	.286	—	—	—	—
36	(1st stint)	–	84	45	38	1	.542	10	6	4	.400	Annis Stukus Trophy winner
37		–	21	10	9	2	.524	1	0	1	.000
38			9	3	5	1	.389	—	—	—	—
39		–	32	12	18	2	.406	—	—	—	—
-	(2nd stint)	–	25	9	16	0	.360	1	0	1	.000
40			7	1	6	0	.143	—	—	—	—
41			16	5	11	0	.313	—	—	—	—
42		–	26	6	20	0	.231	—	—	—	—
43			6	2	4	0	.333	—	—	—	—
44	align=left style="background-color:#FFE6BD"	† (1st stint)	–	136	78	55	3	.585	12	6	6	.500	Annis Stukus Trophy winner Annis Stukus Trophy winner 71st Grey Cup championship
45	align=left style="background-color:#FFE6BD"	† (1st stint)		18	10	8	0	.556	2	1	1	.500
46		–	29	16	13	0	.552	2	2	0	1.000	Annis Stukus Trophy winner 79th Grey Cup championship
47		–	17	4	13	0	.235	—	—	—	—
-	align=left style="background-color:#FFE6BD"	† (2nd stint)	–	26	9	17	0	.346	1	0	1	.000
48			9	2	7	0	.222	—	—	—	—
-	align=left style="background-color:#FFE6BD"	† (3rd stint)		9	2	7	0	.222	—	—	—	—
-	align=left style="background-color:#FFE6BD"	† (2nd stint)	–	54	39	15	0	.722	5	4	1	.800	Annis Stukus Trophy winner 84th Grey Cup championship 85th Grey Cup championship
49	(1st stint)		18	9	9	0	.500	1	0	1	.000
50			8	1	6	1	.189	—	—	—	—
51	(interim)		2	1	1	0	.500	—	—	—	—
52	(1st stint)	–	26	12	14	0	.462	—	—	—	—
53			12	4	8	0	.333	—	—	—	—
	(2nd stint)	–	96	55	40	1	.578	11	6	5	.545	92nd Grey Cup championship
54			10	4	6	0	.400	—	—	—	—
-	align=left style="background-color:#FFE6BD"	† (3rd stint)		8	0	8	0	.000	—	—	—	—
55			18	3	15	0	.167	—	—	—	—
-	(2nd stint)	–	36	15	21	0	.417	2	1	1	.500	Annis Stukus Trophy winner
56		–	90	43	47	0	.478	5	3	2	.600	Annis Stukus Trophy winner 100th Grey Cup championship
57		–	36	13	23	0	.361	2	2	0	1.000	Annis Stukus Trophy winner 105th Grey Cup championship
58			18	4	14	0	.286	—	—	—	—
59		–present	68	46	22	0	.676	7	5	2	.714	Annis Stukus Trophy winner 109th Grey Cup championship 111th Grey Cup championship

All-Time Records

Top 5 Coaches by Regular Season Wins

Rank	Coach	Wins
1	Bob O'Billovich	89
2	Michael "Pinball" Clemons	67
3	Leo Cahill	54
4	Don Matthews	49
5	Ryan Dinwiddie	46

Top 5 Coaches by Playoff Wins

Rank	Coach	Playoff Wins
1	Lew Hayman	12
2	Ted Morris	10
3	Frank Clair	8
T-4	Leo Cahill	6
T-4	Michael "Pinball" Clemons	6
T-4	Bob O'Billovich	6

Top 5 Coaches by Regular Season Games Coached

Rank	Coach	Games
1	Bob O'Billovich	171
2	Michael "Pinball" Clemons	122
3	Leo Cahill	109
4	Scott Milanovich	90
5	Don Matthews	80

Top 5 Coaches by Playoff Games Coached

Rank	Coach	Games
1	Lew Hayman	20
2	Bob O'Billovich	13
T-3	Leo Cahill	11
T-3	Frank Clair	11
T-3	Michael "Pinball" Clemons	11
T-3	Ted Morris	11

Coaches with Grey Cup Championships

Coach	Grey Cup Championships	Year(s)
Ted Morris	3	1933, 1937, 1938
Lew Hayman	3	1945, 1946, 1947
Don Matthews	2	1996, 1997
Frank Clair	2	1950, 1952
Ryan Dinwiddie	2	2022, 2024
Michael "Pinball" Clemons	1	2004
Billy Foulds	1	1914
Scott Milanovich	1	2012
Sinc McEvenue	1	1921
Bob O'Billovich	1	1983
Adam Rita	1	1991
Marc Trestman	1	2017

Coaches with Coach of the Year Awards

Coach	Coach of the Year Awards	Year(s)
Bob O'Billovich	2	1982, 1987
Jim Barker	1	2010
Leo Cahill	1	1971
Ryan Dinwiddie	1	2023
Don Matthews	1	1997
Scott Milanovich	1	2012
Adam Rita	1	1991
Marc Trestman	1	2017

Notes

• 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.
• 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

• Web site: Toronto Argonauts All-Time Coaching. Toronto Argonauts. April 1, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110422084043/http://argonauts.ca/page/all-time-coaching. April 22, 2011. dead.
• Web site: History of the Toronto Argonauts. Canadian Football League. April 1, 2011.
• Web site: Year-By-Year History. Toronto Argonauts. December 29, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140208004714/http://argonauts.ca/page/year-by-year-history. February 8, 2014. dead.

Specific

Notes and References

1. Web site: Argonauts name Scott Milanovich Head Coach . 2017-09-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150611045537/http://www.cfl.ca/article/argonauts-name-scott-milanovich-head-coach . 2015-06-11 . dead .
2. Web site: MLSE completes acquisition of Argos; name Manning as President. cfl.ca. November 2, 2018.
3. Web site: Ryan Dinwiddie named 45th head coach in Argos history. Toronto Argonauts. December 12, 2019. December 12, 2019.
4. Web site: Toronto Argonauts Hall of Fame. Toronto Argonauts. April 1, 2011. PDF.
5. Web site: Toronto Argonauts Media Guide. Toronto Argonauts. April 1, 2011. PDF. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110430101919/http://argonauts.ca/uploads/assets/TOR/Media_Guide_2010/MediaGuide2010_PART%202.pdf. April 30, 2011.
6. Web site: Coach of the Year. Canadian Football League. April 1, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090725113704/http://www.cfl.ca/page/coty_main_new. July 25, 2009.