Drew Allemang
{{Short description|Canadian general manager}}
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| administrating_years1 = {{CFL Year|2008}}
| administrating_team1 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats
(Assistant Equipment Manager)
| administrating_years2 = {{CFL Year|2009|2010}}
| administrating_team2 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats
(Coordinator of Football Operations)
| administrating_years3 = {{CFL Year|2011|2012}}
| administrating_team3 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats
(Canadian Player Development Coordinator and Head Canadian Scout)
| administrating_years4 = {{CFL Year|2013|2018}}
| administrating_team4 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats
(Director of Canadian Scouting)
| administrating_years5 = {{CFL Year|2016|2018}}
| administrating_team5 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats
(Assistant General Manager)
| administrating_years6 = {{CFL Year|2019|2021}}
| administrating_team6 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats
(Senior Director of Player Personnel and Co-Manager of Football Operations)
| administrating_years7 = {{CFL Year|2022|2024}}
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(Assistant General Manager and Director of Canadian Scouting)
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Drew Allemang is the former assistant general manager and director of Canadian scouting for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL).{{cite web|url=https://ticats.ca/coaches/drew-allemang/ |title=Drew Allemang |publisher=Hamilton Tiger-Cats |access-date=December 10, 2021}}
Administrative career
Allemang was first hired by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats as the team's Assistant Equipment Manager in 2008 and would also volunteer with the personnel department.{{cite web|url=https://www.thespec.com/sports/ticats/2016/04/19/new-hamilton-tiger-cats-assistant-general-managers-are-homegrown-football-talent.html |title=New Hamilton Tiger-Cats assistant general managers are homegrown football talent |publisher=The Hamilton Spectator |date=April 19, 2016}} He was named the team's Coordinator of Football Operations in 2009 and served in that role for two years.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/tiger-cats-name-mcmanus-head-u-s-scout-1.1126926 |title=Tiger-Cats name McManus head U.S. scout |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=March 22, 2011}} He was then named the team's coordinator of Canadian player development and head Canadian scout in 2011. On March 8, 2013, he was named the director of Canadian scouting.{{cite web|url=https://ticats.ca/football-operations-department-finalized/ |title=Football Operations Department Finalized |publisher=Hamilton Tiger-Cats |date=March 8, 2013}} Allemang was promoted to assistant general manager on March 11, 2016, while continuing to serve as the director of Canadian scouting.{{cite web|url=https://ticats.ca/tiger-cats-promote-tillman-to-general-manager-allemang-burke-appointed-assistant-general-managers/ |title=Tiger-Cats promote Tillman to general manager; Allemang, Burke appointed assistant general managers |publisher=Hamilton Tiger-Cats |date=March 11, 2016}} After three years in the assistant GM role, he was named senior director of personnel and co-manager of football operations, along with Shawn Burke, on January 3, 2019, effectively making the pair the team's co-general managers.{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/source-eric-tillman-will-not-return-tiger-cats-general-manager/ |title=Tiger-Cats promote Allemang, Burke, GM Tillman not returning |publisher=Sportsnet |date=January 3, 2019}} After Burke left the Tiger-Cats, the team re-organized their front office structure and Allemang was named the assistant general manager and director of Canadian scouting on December 24, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2021/12/24/ticats-expand-steinauers-role-announce-operations-staff/ |title=Ticats expand Steinauer's role, announce operations staff |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=December 24, 2021}} He was not retained for the 2025 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2025/01/10/ticats-add-three-to-front-office-staff-including-alex-russell-as-director-of-scouting/ |title=Ticats add three to front office staff, including Alex Russell as director of scouting |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=January 10, 2025}}
Personal life
Allemang's father, Marv, played in the CFL for 14 years, including seven years with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats where he won the 74th Grey Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.thespec.com/sports/ticats/2016/08/19/like-father-like-sons.html |title=Like father, like sons |publisher=The Hamilton Spectator |date=August 19, 2016}} Allemang's uncle, Kent Carter, played for the Tiger-Cats from 1976 to 1978. He has one sister, Andrea, and one brother, Matt, who also works for the Tiger-Cats.
References
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External links
- [https://ticats.ca/coaches/drew-allemang/ Hamilton Tiger-Cats bio]
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