List of Toronto Argonauts head coaches

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 long history, the team has appeared in 23 Grey Cup finals, and has won a league-high 17 championships. The franchise has had 59 head coaches in its history.^[1] The current Argonauts head coach is Ryan Dinwiddie, the current general manager is Michael Clemons, and the current owners are Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment.^[2]^[3]

Key

Regular season^[5]
GC	Games coached	T	Ties = 1 point
W	Wins = 2 points	PTS	Points
L	Losses = 0 points	W%	Winning percentage^[b]

Playoffs and Grey Cup^[5]
PGC	Games coached
PW	Wins
PL	Losses
PW%	Winning percentage

Head coaches

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

Note: Statistics are current through the end of the 2023 CFL season.

#	Name^[c]	Term^[b]	GC	W	L	T	PTS	W%	PGC	PW	PL	PW%	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	1882							—	—	—	—
7	A. H. Campbell	1883							—	—	—	—
-	Hume Blake	1884							—	—	—	—
8	Rupert Muntz	1885–1886							—	—	—	—
9	Hugh Smith	1887–1890							—	—	—	—
10	R. Bayley	1891–1892							—	—	—	—
11	Billy Wood	1893							—	—	—	—
12	Joe Wright, Sr.	1894–1900							—	—	—	—
14	Pud Kent	1901–1903							—	—	—	—
15	Fred Thompson	1904–1905							—	—	—	—
16	Chaucer Elliott	1906	6	4	2	0	8	.667	—	—	—	—
17	Fred Russell/Art Kent	1907–1909	18	3	15	0	6	.167	—	—	—	—
-	Chaucer Elliott	1910	6	3	3	0	6	.500	—	—	—	—
18	Billy Foulds†	1911	6	5	1	0	10	.833	2	1	1	.500
19	Jack Newton†	1912	6	5	1	0	10	.833	2	1	1	.500
20	Ross Binkley	1913	6	3	3	0	6	.500	—	—	—	—
-	Billy Foulds†	1914	6	5	1	0	10	.833	3	3	0	1.000	6th Grey Cup championship
21	Billy Foulds†/Warren Coryell	1915	6	4	2	0	8	.667	—	—	—	—
22	Sinc McEvenue	1919	6	3	3	0	6	.500	—	—	—	—
23	Mike Rodden†	1920	6	5	1	0	10	.833	2	1	1	.500
-	Sinc McEvenue	1921	6	6	0	0	12	1.000	3	3	0	1.000	9th Grey Cup championship
24	Jack O'Connor	1922–1925	24	14	7	3	31	.646	2	1	1	.500
-	Mike Rodden†	1926	6	3	3	0	6	.500	—	—	—	—
25	Frank Knight	1927–1928	12	3	7	2	8	.333	—	—	—	—
26	Buck McKenna	1929–1932	24	13	10	1	27	.563	—	—	—	—
27	Lew 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	Ted 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	Frank Clair†	1950–1954	64	31	31	2	64	.500	11	8	3	.727	38th Grey Cup championship 40th Grey Cup championship
30	Bill Swiacki	1955–1956	26	8	10	0	16	.444	2	1	1	.500
31	Hamp Pool	1957–1959	32	9	23	0	18	.281	—	—	—	—
32	Steve Owen	1959	10	3	7	0	6	.500	—	—	—	—
33	Lou Agase	1960–1962	31	17	13	1	35	.565	5	2	3	.400
34	Nobby Wirkowski	1962–1964	39	11	28	0	14	.282	—	—	—	—
35	Bob Shaw	1965–1966	28	8	20	0	16	.286	—	—	—	—
36	Leo Cahill	1967–1972	84	45	38	1	91	.542	10	6	4	.400	1971 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
37	John Rauch	1973–1974	21	10	9	2	22	.524	1	0	1	.000
38	Joe Moss	1974	9	3	5	1	7	.389	—	—	—	—
39	Russ Jackson	1975–1976	32	12	18	2	26	.406	—	—	—	—
-	Leo Cahill	1977–1978	25	9	16	0	18	.360	1	0	1	.000
40	Bud Riley	1978	7	1	6	0	2	.143	—	—	—	—
41	Forrest Gregg	1979	16	5	11	0	10	.313	—	—	—	—
42	Willie Wood	1980–1981	26	6	20	0	12	.231	—	—	—	—
43	Tommy Hudspeth	1981	6	2	4	0	4	.333	—	—	—	—
44	Bob 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	Don Matthews†	1990	18	10	8	0	20	.556	2	1	1	.500
46	Adam Rita	1991–1992	29	16	13	0	32	.552	2	2	0	1.000	1991 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 79th Grey Cup championship
47	Dennis Meyer	1992–1993	17	4	13	0	10	.235	—	—	—	—
-	Bob O'Billovich†	1993–1994	26	9	17	0	18	.346	1	0	1	.000
48	Mike Faragalli	1995	9	2	7	0	4	.222	—	—	—	—
-	Bob O'Billovich†	1995	9	2	7	0	4	.222	—	—	—	—
-	Don 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	Jim Barker	1999	18	9	9	0	18	.500	1	0	1	.000
50	John Huard	2000	8	1	6	1	3	.189	—	—	—	—
51	Wally Highsmith (interim)	2000	2	1	1	0	2	.500	—	—	—	—
52	Michael Clemons	2000–2001	26	12	14	0	24	.462	—	—	—	—
53	Gary Etcheverry	2002	12	4	8	0	8	.333	—	—	—	—
	Michael Clemons	2002–2007	96	55	40	1	27	.578	11	6	5	.545	92nd Grey Cup championship
54	Rich Stubler	2008	10	4	6	0	8	.400	—	—	—	—
-	Don Matthews†	2008	8	0	8	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—
55	Bart Andrus	2009	18	3	15	0	6	.167	—	—	—	—
-	Jim Barker	2010–2011	36	15	21	0	30	.417	2	1	1	.500	2010 Annis Stukus Trophy winner
56	Scott Milanovich	2012–2016	90	43	47	0	86	.478	5	3	2	.600	2012 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 100th Grey Cup championship
57	Marc Trestman	2017–2018	36	13	23	0	26	.361	2	2	0	1.000	2017 Annis Stukus Trophy winner 105th Grey Cup championship
58	Corey Chamblin	2019	18	4	14	0	8	.286	—	—	—	—
59	Ryan Dinwiddie	2020–present	50	36	14	0	72	.720	5	2	2	.500	109th 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. Archived from the original on April 22, 2011. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
"History of the Toronto Argonauts". Canadian Football League. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
"Year-By-Year History". Toronto Argonauts. Archived from the original on February 8, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2013.

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