List of Hamilton Tiger-Cats head coaches

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, and are members of the East Division in the Canadian Football League (CFL).

The Tiger-Cats were founded in 1950, with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. Since the merger, the team has appeared in 21 Grey Cup finals and has won eight championships. The current Tiger-Cats head coach is Scott Milanovich.

Key

class="wikitable"

|+General

#

|Number of coaches{{ref label|Note1|a|a}}

style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|†

| Elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in the builders category

Achievements

|Achievements during their Hamilton head coaching tenure

class="wikitable"

|+Regular season

GC

|Games coached

|T

|Ties = 1 point

W

|Wins = 2 points

|PTS

|Points

L

|Losses = 0 points

|Win%

|Winning percentage{{ref label|Note2|b|b}}

class="wikitable"

|+Playoffs and Grey Cup

PGC

|Games coached

PW

|Wins

PL

|Losses

PT

|Ties

PWin%

|Winning percentage

Head coaches

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

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! #

! width=100| Name

! Term{{ref label|Note2|b|b}}

! GC

! W

! L

! T

! PTS

! Win%

! PGC

! PW

! PL

! PT

! PWin%

! width=210 class=unsortable| Achievements{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/page/coty_main_new|title=Coach of the Year|publisher=Canadian Football League|accessdate=April 1, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725113704/http://www.cfl.ca/page/coty_main_new|archive-date=July 25, 2009}}

{{ntsh|1}}1

|align=left|{{sortname|Carl M.|Voyles}}

|{{cfly|1950}}–{{cfly|1955}}

|76

|48

|27

|1

|97

|.640

|15

|6

|9

|0

|.400

|41st Grey Cup championship

{{ntsh|2}}2

|align=left|{{sortname|Jim|Trimble}}

|{{cfly|1956}}–{{cfly|1962}}

|98

|60

|36

|2

|122

|.625

|18

|10

|8

|0

|.556

|{{cfly|1961}} Annis Stukus Trophy winner
46th Grey Cup championship

{{ntsh|3}}3

|align=left style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|{{sortname|Ralph|Sazio}}†

|{{cfly|1963}}–{{cfly|1967}}

|70

|49

|20

|1

|99

|.710

|15

|9

|5

|1

|.643

|{{cfly|1964}} Annis Stukus Trophy winner
51st Grey Cup championship
53rd Grey Cup championship
55th Grey Cup championship

{{ntsh|4}}4

|align=left|{{sortname|Joe|Restic}}

|{{cfly|1968}}–{{cfly|1970}}

|42

|22

|17

|3

|47

|.564

|4

|0

|4

|0

|.000

|

{{ntsh|5}}5

|align=left|{{sortname|Al|Dorow}}

|{{cfly|1971}}

|14

|7

|0

|14

|.500

|3

|1

|.500

|

{{ntsh|6}}6

|align=left|{{sortname|Jerry|Williams|Jerry Williams (American football)}}

|{{cfly|1972}}–{{cfly|1975}}

|60

|30

|29

|1

|61

|.508

|4

|2

|0

|.500

|60th Grey Cup championship

{{ntsh|7}}7

|align=left|{{sortname|George|Dickson}}{{cite news |author=Bob Hughes |title=CFL coaching survivors honor Bob Shaw |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G05VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dT4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2732,1016308&dq |work=The Leader-Post |date=January 20, 1977 |accessdate=2010-12-31 }}

|{{cfly|1976}}

|2

|0

|2

|0

|.000

|–

|

{{ntsh|8}}8

|align=left|{{sortname|Bob|Shaw|Bob Shaw (end)}}

|{{cfly|1976}}–{{cfly|1977}}

|30

|13

|17

|0

|26

|.433

|2

|1

|0

|.500

|{{cfly|1976}} Annis Stukus Trophy winner

{{ntsh|9}}9

|align=left|{{sortname|Tom|Dimitroff, Sr.}}{{cite news|last=Turchansky|first=Ray|title=Leo Cahill may surface in Hamilton|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ugNlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S4MNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6400,178111|accessdate=3 July 2011|newspaper=Edmonton Journal|date=September 11, 1978}}

|{{cfly|1978}}

|5

|1

|3

|1

|3

|.250

|–

|

{{ntsh|10}}10

|align=left|{{sortname|John|Payne|John Payne (American football)}}

|{{cfly|1978}}–{{cfly|1980}}

|43

|18

|24

|1

|37

|.429

|4

|1

|3

|0

|.250

|

{{ntsh|11}}11

|align=left|{{sortname|Frank|Kush}}

|{{cfly|1981}}

|16

|11

|4

|1

|23

|.733

|1

|0

|1

|0

|.000

|

{{ntsh|12}}12

|align=left|{{sortname|Bud|Riley}}

|{{cfly|1982}}–{{cfly|1983}}

|28

|12

|15

|1

|25

|.444

|1

|0

|1

|0

|.000

|

{{ntsh|13}}13

|align=left|{{sortname|Al|Bruno}}

|{{cfly|1983}}–{{cfly|1987}}

|62

|29

|31

|2

|60

|.483

|9

|5

|4

|0

|.555

|{{cfly|1986}} Annis Stukus Trophy winner
74th Grey Cup championship

{{ntsh|14}}14

|align=left|{{sortname|Ted|Schmitz}}

|{{cfly|1987}}

|6

|1

|5

|0

|2

|.167

|1

|0

|1

|0

|.000

|

{{ntsh|15}}–

|align=left|{{sortname|Al|Bruno}}

|{{cfly|1988}}–{{cfly|1990}}

|48

|25

|23

|0

|50

|.521

|4

|2

|0

|.500

|

{{ntsh|16}}15

|align=left|{{sortname|David|Beckman}}

|{{cfly|1990}}–{{cfly|1991}}

|14

|2

|12

|0

|4

|.143

|–

|

{{ntsh|17}}16

|align=left|{{sortname|John|Gregory|John Gregory (American football coach)}}

|{{cfly|1991}}–{{cfly|1994}}

|52

|21

|31

|0

|42

|.404

|4

|2

|0

|.500

|

{{ntsh|18}}17

|align=left|{{sortname|Don|Sutherin}}

|{{cfly|1994}}–{{cfly|1997}}

|67

|20

|47

|0

|40

|.298

|2

|0

|2

|0

|.000

|

{{ntsh|19}}18

|align=left|{{sortname|Urban|Bowman}}

|{{cfly|1997}}

|11

|1

|11

|0

|2

|.091

|–

|

{{ntsh|20}}19

|align=left|{{sortname|Ron|Lancaster}}

|{{cfly|1998}}–{{cfly|2003}}

|108

|51

|56

|1

|103

|.477

|8

|5

|3

|0

|.625

|{{cfly|1998}} Annis Stukus Trophy winner
87th Grey Cup championship

{{ntsh|21}}20

|align=left|{{sortname|Greg|Marshall|Greg Marshall (running back)}}

|{{cfly|2004}}–{{cfly|2006}}

|40

|14

|25

|1

|29

|.359

|1

|0

|1

|0

|.000

|{{cfly|2004}} Annis Stukus Trophy winner

{{ntsh|22}}–

|align=left|{{sortname|Ron|Lancaster}}

|{{cfly|2006}}

|14

|4

|10

|0

|8

|.286

|–

|

{{ntsh|23}}21

|align=left|{{sortname|Charlie|Taaffe}}

|{{cfly|2007}}–{{cfly|2008}}

|28

|5

|23

|0

|10

|.179

|–

|

{{ntsh|24}}22

|align=left|{{sortname|Marcel|Bellefeuille}}

|{{cfly|2008}}–{{cfly|2011}}

|62

|27

|35

|0

|54

|.435

|4

|1

|3

|0

|.250

|

{{ntsh|25}}23

|align=left|{{sortname|George|Cortez}}

|{{cfly|2012}}

|18

|6

|12

|0

|12

|.333

|–

|

{{ntsh|26}}24

|align=left|{{sortname|Kent|Austin}}

|{{cfly|2013}}–{{cfly|2017}}

|80

|36

|44

|0

|72

|.450

|8

|4

|0

|.500

|

{{ntsh|27}}25

|align=left|{{sortname|June|Jones}}

|{{cfly|2017}}–{{cfly|2018}}

|28

|14

|0

|28

|.500

|2

|1

|0

|.500

|

{{ntsh|28}}26

|align=left|{{sortname|Orlondo|Steinauer}}

|{{cfly|2019|2023}}

|68

|39

|29

|0

|78

|.574

|7

|3

|4

|0

|.429

|{{cfly|2019}} Annis Stukus Trophy winner

{{ntsh|29}}27

|align=left|{{sortname|Scott|Milanovich}}

|{{cfly|2024}}

|18

|7

|11

|0

|14

|.389

|–

|

Notes

{{note label|Note1|a|a}} A running total of the number of coaches of the Tiger-Cats. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
{{note label|Note2|b|b}} Each year is linked to an article about that particular CFL season.

References

Category:Lists of Canadian Football League head coaches by team

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Category:Hamilton Tiger-Cats lists