The Ottawa Redblacks have fired head coach Bob Dyce following following the 2025 season.
Dyce inked a two-year contract last offseason which was supposed to keep him with the team through 2026, but he was let go after a disastrous campaign that saw the Redblacks finish last in the CFL. Already eliminated from playoff contention, Ottawa’s 35-15 loss to Hamilton in the regular-season finale on Friday night officially dropped the team’s record to 4-14.
The 59-year-old’s dismissal comes one year after he helped lead the Redblacks to the best home record in franchise history last season, going 7-1-1 at TD Place. It was part of a 9-8-1 season that saw Ottawa find their way back to the postseason for the first time in six years.
The Winnipeg, Man. native arrived in the nation’s capital in 2016 as the special teams coordinator and won a Grey Cup that season. He was promoted to the role of head coach on an interim basis following the firing of Paul LaPolice in 2022, then took over on a full-time basis in 2023. In total, his record as the bench boss in Ottawa was 18-39-1.
Dyce broke into the CFL coaching ranks in 2003 as receivers coach with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He spent seven years with the team, six years with the Saskatchewan Roughriders as pass game coordinator, receivers coach, offensive coordinator, and special teams coordinator, as well as a stretch in 2015 as the team’s interim head coach. He won his first Grey Cup with the Riders in 2013.
Redblacks’ president Adrian Sciarra confirmed on Friday night that general manager Shawn Burke will remain in his role next season, despite speculation regarding his job security. His first order of business this offseason will be to select Dyce’s successor — his second head coaching hire and the fourth for Ottawa since they returned to the CFL in 2014.