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Marcel Bellefeuille - Coached at the high school level between 1991 and 1995...After a period as an assistant with the University of Ottawa, became the team's Head Coach from 1998 to 2000...At Ottawa U, was named Conference Coach of the year in 1999 and won a Vanier Cup the next year...Was a position coach with Saskatchewan of the CFL in 2001 and 2002 before becoming offensive coordinator from 2003 to 2005...Coached backs and receivers in Montreal in 2006...Was named the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' offensive coordinator in 2007...Following the mid-season firing of Head Coach Charlie Taaffe the following season, Bellefeuille took over the position on an interim basis...He was given the Ti-Cats head coaching job officially the following month.
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(Marcel Bellefeuille w/Phil Côté. Photo credit: Bruno Schlumberger, Ottawa Citizen)
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| Jim Daley
- Began his career as a Head Coach at St. Patrick's High School (junior
level)...Was an assistant for St. Pius X High School (senior level) and
the Carleton Ravens programs before becoming head coach of the Ottawa
Sooners in 1982 until 1984...Won a National Championship with the
Sooners in 1984...Was the Head Coach of the University of Ottawa
Gee-Gees from 1985 to 1990...Named the Conference's Coach of the year
in 1986 and 1988...Joined the Ottawa Rough Riders in April 1991 to
coach running backs and special teams...Moved to coaching the defensive
line in 1992...Left the Rough Riders partway through the 1993
season...Joined Saskatchewan in 1994 as defensive
coordinator/linebackers coach...Became Saskatchewan's Head Coach in
1996 until 1998, taking them to the Grey Cup in 1997...Was the
defensive line coach for the Calgary Stampeders from 2000 to 2002 and
defensive coordinator in 2003...Joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as
defensive line coach and special teams coordinator in 2004...Took the
head coaching position for the Bombers midway through the 2004 season
to the end of the 2005 season...Worked for the CFL as senior adviser
of football operations and officiating in 2007...Was most recently with
the Edmonton Eskimos as a defensive coach until resigning
in early December 2009 to deal with a personal matter.
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(Jim Daley photography credit:
Wayne Glowacki of the Winnipeg Free Press)
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William "Ace" Powell - Played with the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees as an offensive lineman in the late 60's / early 70's...Coached at Sir Robert Borden at the high school level, where he worked as a math teacher...Was an assistant coach (offensive line) on the 1975 National Championship Gee-Gees team...Is a member of the Gee-Gees Hall of Fame...Took over the coaching duties for the Ottawa Sooners in 1976 until 1981...Reached the Conference finals five times with the Sooners, winning twice...Earned a National Championship at the junior level in 1979 after being a runner-up the previous season...Was the head coach of the Carleton Ravens from 1982 to 1988...Won the Dunsmore Cup with the Ravens in 1985...Six-win total (of seven games played) in 1986 was the program's best since its inception in the 1940's.
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