Ritchie, of New Bedford, Mass., spent 11 of his 22 CFL seasons as a head coach with B.C. (1993-95), Montreal (1997-98) and Winnipeg.
Dave Ritchie, who was the head coach of the B.C. Lions for their iconic ’94 Grey Cup victory over the Baltimore Stallions, died Saturday. He was 85.Ritchie amassed a 52-41-1 regular-season record as a head coach with Winnipeg . That left him fourth overall in club history behind Bud Grant , current head coach Mike O’Shea and Cal Murphy .
“Just that alone, to me, makes our youngsters special,” Ritchie said about the contest in 2022 upon being inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. “For one week, everybody in our ball club was a Canadian.”Ritchie, of New Bedford, Mass., spent 11 of his 22 CFL seasons as a head coach with B.C. , Montreal and Winnipeg. He won 108-of-187 career regular-season games to stand seventh all-time.
In relaxed settings with reporters, Ritchie would share entertaining and often funny stories from his long football career.
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