Chuck McMann - Special Teams Coordinator & Running Backs Coach

Chuck McMann joins the Lions in 2008 for his first season as the club’s special teams coordinator and running backs coach after spending the 2007 season with the Calgary Stampeders as receivers coach.

A 12-year CFL coaching veteran, McMann originally joined the coaching ranks following 10 seasons spent in the CFL (1976-1985) as a receiver and running back with the Montreal Alouettes and Concordes. After a career that would include three Grey Cup appearances and a championship win in 1977, McMann would cap off his playing days as a player-coach for the 1985 season.

Upon retiring as a player, McMann spent the next six years as a Montreal-area schoolteacher and instructor at John Abbott College before rejoining the coaching ranks as offensive coordinator for College Vieux-Montreal. In 1987, he assumed the role of offensive coordinator at Vanier College, ultimately guiding the Cheetahs to a Bol d’Or Quebec Junior College Championship that season.

From 1988 to 1991, McMann served as interim head coach, defensive coordinator and special teams coach at the University of Waterloo before rejoining the CFL with the Calgary Stampeders as an assistant coach. Over nine seasons spent with the Stamps, McMann coached in four Grey Cup games, capturing championship titles in 1992 and 1998.

In 2001, McMann assumed the role of head coach for the McGill University Redmen. Over six seasons in the CIS, the McMann-led Redmen would post a 29-28 record, make five post-season appearances and capture two consecutive Dunsmore Cups (2001, 2002). McMann was recognized for his efforts with the Frank Tindall trophy as the 2002 CIS Football Coach of the Year.

A Toronto native, McMann played football for Wilfrid Laurier University and received his BA in psychology in 1976, followed by a BA in physical education from McGill in 1981.