COACHING STAFF
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Miller is entering his third season as head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Miller joined the Green and White as the team’s offensive coordinator in 2007 and was instrumental in a Rider offence that led the CFL in touchdowns before moving on to win the Grey Cup. Prior to joining the Riders, Miller spent his previous five seasons coaching with the Toronto Argonauts. In 2006 Miller was moved to the defensive side of the ball where he handled the defensive line. From 2003-2005, Miller was in charge of the Argo’s offensive line which enabled Damon Allen to have a career season where he was named the league’s Most Valuable Player in 2004. The team also went on to win the Grey Cup in that same season. Miller started his CFL coaching career when he was in charge of the Argonaut quarterbacks in 2002. Prior to joining the CFL, Miller spent nearly four decades in various coaching capacities at the university and high school level in southern California. He joined the University of Redlands as a part-time coach in 1977 instructing the offensive line. In 1984 he made the move to full-time football head coach at Redlands and held that post until 1988. Miller also took up the position of head baseball coach at Redlands in 1986. In 1988, Miller continued coaching baseball, but switched to offensive coordinator on the football team. In 1994, Miller switched to the defensive side of the ball as a coordinator. He moved back to the offensive side of the ball in 1995 and held the offensive coordinator position until his retirement in the spring of 2001. Miller started his coaching career as a student assistant coach with Dickinson State in 1966. He coached high school football 1967-1969 in Oregon and continued coaching at Yucaipa high school in southern California from 1970-76. Miller grew up in Oregon and went to Dickinson State where he majored in Physical Education and Biology. He received his Masters in Education from Azusa Pacific. Ken and his wife Maureen currently make Regina their year-round home. Their children remain in the United States; Kail, currently resides in Oregon, Bob is the head baseball coach at Cuesta College in California. Michael and Melania reside in the Greensboro, North Carolina area and Colleen remains in Redlands California. |
| Doug Berry Assistant Head Coach / Offensive Coordinator |
Berry is heading into his first season with the Green and White as he takes on the role of assistant head coach and offensive coordinator for the team. Berry brings a wealth of coaching experience to the Riders staff. He has coached in the CFL for almost a decade after spending seven seasons with Montreal and most recently two seasons as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach. He entered the CFL back in 1999 when he assumed the role as the offensive line coach with the Alouettes – a position he held for four seasons before being promoted to offensive coordinator. During his time in Montreal, the Alouettes appeared in four Grey Cups and captured the championship in 2002. Prior to making the switch to the CFL, Berry spent over 20 years coaching at the U.S. College level where he served as a positional coach and coordinator. During that time he coached at some elite colleges including Penn State, the University of Massachusetts, Boston College and Richmond University. The New Hampshire native did two years of active duty with the United States Army prior to graduating from the University of New Hampshire in 1973. Doug and his wife have two daughters – Jessica and Kasey. |
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Etcheverry began his second tour of duty with the Green and White in 2008 as a Defensive Assistant and took over the reigns as Defensive Coordinator for the 2009 season. Etcheverry last coached in the CFL in 2004 when he was the defensive coordinator with the Ottawa Renegades. In 2002, he spent the year as the head coach and vice-president of football operations for the Toronto Argonauts. During that time, he brought current Rider head coach Ken Miller into the CFL. In 2001, he was the defensive coordinator for the B.C. Lions and held the same position with the Roughriders in 2000. Etcheverry joined the CFL in 1997 as a defensive line coach with the Toronto Argonauts. He spent two seasons as the defensive line coach in Toronto before being promoted to the defensive coordinator position in 1999. Prior to joining the CFL, Etcheverry spent two decades as a coach in the United States. During that time, he coached at the college ranks, including stints at San Francisco State, Occidental College, the Universities of Redlands and San Diego and Macalster College, where he served as head coach. Etcheverry also held coaching positions in Germany - Hamburg in 1994 and Stuttgart in 1996, and in the NFL, where he served as a special assistant on the Los Angeles Rams staff in 1988. Prior to returning to the Riders last season, Etcheverry’s worked as offensive coordinator under head coach Jeff Lochbaum for the South Fraser Rams junior team in 2006 and was the special teams coordinator with the University of British Columbia in 2005. Over the course of his career, Etcheverry has been regarded as one of the most respected defensive minds in the CFL. He has broken new ground – he hired the first full-time female trainer in CFL history while in Toronto; has coached many CFL greats – he was Bobby Jurasin’s last position coach, coached Mike O’Shea when he was named Most Outstanding Canadian and Barrin Simpson when he was selected as Rookie of the Year. Since his time in the CFL, Etcheverry is the only assistant coach to send three of his positional players to the NFL– Reggie Givens, Jermaine Hayley and R-Kal Truluck. Born in Lynwood, California, Etcheverry began his coaching career in 1977 at Hollywood High School…he is a graduate of the University of Southern California. |
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Bob Dyce |
Dyce is entering his first season with the Riders and will work with the team’s strong receiving corps while overseeing the pass attack. The Winnipeg native spent the last seven seasons with the Blue Bombers where he served as the team’s receivers coach and was in charge of the team’s Canadian player personnel. During his time with the Bombers, Dyce provided leadership and coaching to his receivers, many of which were continually over the 1,000 yard receiving mark each season. Prior to making the transition into coaching in the CFL, Dyce spent seven seasons as the receivers coach with his alma mater the Manitoba Bisons. Dyce began his coaching career in 1992 when he joined the staff of the St. Vital Mustangs of the CJFL. |
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Scheper is entering his second season in the CFL as he joined the Roughriders as Defensive Line Coach in 2009. He has previous experience coaching at the high school, junior college and Division I-A college level prior to making the transition to professional football here in the Canada. Most recently Scheper was an offensive assistant at Fresno State where he worked with the offensive line. Prior to that, he spent two seasons coaching the offensive line and running backs at the Junior College level with College of the Canyons and Glendale Community College in Southern California. Scheper began his coaching career at his alma mater St. Francis High School in the Los Angeles area where he coached the offensive line for three years. Prior to beginning his coaching career, Scheper played collegiately at Utah State as an offensive lineman where current Rider John Chick played as well. Scheper grew up in Southern California and still calls it home. He spends his free time lifting weights and cross-training, playing basketball and racquetball. He also enjoys watching professional hockey. |
| Jim Daley Special Teams Coordinator |
This mark Daley’s first season as coaching the specials teams unit with the Green and White. Daley re-joins the Riders as he spent five seasons with the team in the 1990s. After serving as the club’s defensive coordinator in 1994 and 1995, Daley spent the next three seasons as the Riders head coach and led the team to the 1997 Grey Cup. At the CFL level Daley has served as a positional coach, coordinator and head coach and brings over 30 years of coaching experience with him. Last season Daley served as the defensive coordinator/defensive line coach for the Edmonton Eskimos. Prior to that, the Ottawa native was with the CFL Head Office as the senior advisor of football operations and officiating, while taking a hiatus from coaching. Daley originally joined the CFL in 1991 with the Ottawa Rough Riders and went on to spend time with the Calgary Stampeders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers in addition to his time spent with the Riders and Eskimos. |
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2010 will be Smith’s 14th season with the Roughriders, a team he grew up watching as a Regina resident. Smith will continue to coach the Rider linebackers and will also coordinate the club’s special team units. He is also a key member of the Roughriders’ CFL College Draft Team, as he is heavily involved in organizing draft material and player evaluations. Smith originally joined the Roughriders' coaching staff in May 1997 as linebackers coach. A Level Two Certified National Coach, Smith offers the Roughriders 36 years of coaching experience. Before joining the Green and White on a full-time basis in 1997, Smith gained valuable CFL experience as a Roughrider Guest Coach in 1995 and 1996. Prior to joining the Roughriders, Smith spent five seasons with the Regina Rams of the Prairie Junior Football League as defensive coordinator and linebacker coach. During his coaching stint with the Rams, he won three National Championships. For his coaching efforts, Smith was honoured with a Distinguished Coaching Award of Merit from the Regina High Schools and the Saskatchewan Roughrider Club Award for Recognition of Service to Amateur Football in Saskatchewan. He coached high school football at W.F. Johnson, Thom, Balfour and Scott Collegiates before moving to the Junior ranks. During his high school coaching career, Smith won three City Championships and a Provincial Championship and was awarded two Coach of the Year awards, along with 10 year and 20 year coaching awards from the Regina High Schools Athletic Association. As a teen, Smith played high school football in Regina and then graduated to the Regina Rams program. Alex and his wife Kathy reside in Regina. |
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Tom Freeman
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Freeman is entering his first season with the Roughriders and first in the CFL after spending over three decades coaching at the collegiate level. Most recently, the California native spent two seasons coaching the offensive line at UCF after leading the o-line in Stanford for two years. Prior to joining the Stanford staff in 2005, Freeman spent eight seasons at Pittsburgh. During his time with the Panthers, the squad participated in six bowl games. In 2004, Pittsburgh earned the Big East's bid to the Bowl Championship Series and played in the Fiesta Bowl. In 2000, he added run-game coordinator duties to his title. From 1992-96, Freeman was the offensive line coach at Purdue. The Boilermakers recorded the 12th-best rushing offense in the country in 1994 as they averaged 233.4 yards per game on the ground to lead the Big Ten. Freeman worked at Arizona State from 1984-91 as the Sun Devil's offensive line coach. He helped Arizona State to three bowl games, including the school's first Rose Bowl appearance in 1986 when it claimed the Pac-10 title. In 1987, the Sun Devils averaged nearly 200 yards per contest on the ground. During his coaching career, Freeman's squads have participated in 10 bowl games. Freeman spent three seasons coaching the offensive line at San Diego State, his alma mater (1981-83). He has also coached at Hawaii, San Diego City College and Santa Ana College. He began his career as a graduate assistant at San Diego State in 1969. A native of Bakersfield, Calif., Freeman earned his bachelor's degree in liberal studies from San Diego State in 1969. He began his collegiate career at San Diego City College in 1964 and was a part of two conference championship teams. Freeman went on to play centre and tackle at San Diego State and the Aztecs went 19-1-1 during his time on the squad and won a pair of College Division national titles. Freeman and his wife, Joanne, have three daughters: Anna, Emily and Laura. |
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Martin re-joined the CFL last season after spending the 2003 and 2004 seasons working alongside special teams coordinator Dave Easley and defensive coordinator Gary Etcheverry. The native of Toronto was a first round (fifth overall) pick in the 1981 CFL Canadian College Draft of the B.C. Lions. Known for his toughness, Martin started at safety for five seasons and won a Grey Cup championship in 1985. He helped the Lions qualify for six appearances in the West Division final and two Grey Cups. In 1987, he was the West Division’s nominee for the league’s Most Outstanding Canadian award. Most recently Martin spent the 2007 season as the defensive backs coach with the University of Toronto. Martin, his wife Pilar; son Adrian, 17; daughter Camilla, 13; and son Miguel, 9, make their home in Toronto. |
 Marcus Crandell Offensive Assistant |
Crandell is entering his second season in the coaching ranks as he joined the Riders as an offensive assistant in 2009. He spent the previous 11 seasons as a quarterback in the CFL including four with the Green and White from 2005-2008. Crandell entered the CFL in 1997 with the Edmonton Eskimos where he spent three seasons before signing with the Calgary Stampeders in 2001. During his four year stop in Calgary, Crandell claimed his first Grey Cup and was named the Grey Cup MVP in that 2001 year. The North Carolina native amassed 1,230 completions for 16,303 yards and 79 touchdowns in 145 games played in the CFL. Marcus, his wife Mona and sons Carmelo and Darius make Regina their year-round home. |
Schedule
VS
BC at Saskatchewan
June 13 - 2:30 PM MST
June 13 - 2:30 PM MST
VS
Saskatchewan at Calgary
June 20 - 1:00 PM MST
June 20 - 1:00 PM MST
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Montreal at Saskatchewan
July 1 - 5:00 PM MST
July 1 - 5:00 PM MST
Fan Poll
What has been the biggest move of the Riders Off-Season thus far?
Fan Comments
Sure they are going to lose a few free agents, but that happens to every team every year.
I haven't heard if they are looking @ any free agents from other teams, or plan on building with the guys they have now.
It seems to have worked well the past few years, so will probably do what they have been doing.
As the sayimg goes:
IT IT'S WORKING, DON'T FIX IT".
Myself, & many, many other true fans aaare really going to miss Coach Miller.
I understand that this is going to be his last year as the head coach.
It will be a tough job replacing him for sure.