Dave Ritchie (Canadian football)

Dave Ritchie (born September 3, 1938) is a former coach in the Canadian Football League (CFL). Ritchie also coached in the Italian Football League and Switzerland Nationalliga A (American football). He is best known for his days as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Head Coach from 1999 to 2004. He retired following the end of the 2007 CFL season although he was considered for the 2008 Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach position.[2] He won 108 regular season games in the CFL, the seventh highest win total by a head coach in the league's history.

Dave Ritchie
Born:September 3, 1938[1]
New Bedford, Massachusetts[1]
Career information
StatusRetired
Position(s)HC
Career history
As coach
1993–1995BC Lions
1997–1998Montreal Alouettes
1999–2004Winnipeg Blue Bombers
2011-2012Zurich Renegades
1987-1989Milano Seamen OC
Awards
Records
  • CFL's seventh all-time winningest coach (108 wins)

College Coaching

Prior to coaching in Canada, he was the head coach at Fairmont State University in West Virginia, from 1978 to 1982.

Europe Coaching

Ritchie was offensive coordinator for the Milano Seamen in the Italian Football League in 1987-1989. The team reached the Italian league championship in 1987 losing in the final seconds. Richie returned to the field as head coach in 2011-2012 of the Zurich Renegades in the top level league in Switzerland Nationalliga A (American football), helping the team reach the semi finals in 2012.

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Head coaching record

CFL
TeamYearRegular seasonPost-season
WonLostTiesWin %FinishWonLostResult
BC1993 1080.5564th in West Division01Lost in Division Semi-Finals
BC1994 1161.6473rd in West Division30Won Grey Cup
BC1995 1080.5563rd in North Division01Lost in Division Semi-Finals
BC total 31221.5830 West Division
Championships		321 Grey Cup
MTL1997 1350.7222nd in East Division11Lost in Division Finals
MTL1998 1251.7062nd in East Division11Lost in Division Finals
MTL total 25101.7080 East Division
Championships		220 Grey Cups
WPG1999 6120.3334th in East Division––Missed Playoffs
WPG2000 7101.4123rd in East Division11Lost in Division Finals
WPG2001 1440.7781st in East Division11Lost in Grey Cup
WPG2002 1260.6672nd in West Division11Lost in Division Finals
WPG2003 1170.6112nd in West Division01Lost in Division Semi-Finals
WPG2004 250.2864th in West Division––Fired
WPG total 52441.5321 East Division
Championship		340 Grey Cups
Total 108763.5871 East Division
Championship		881 Grey Cup

References
  1. "Buono, Ritchie both respected". CBC News. November 21, 2001. Ritchie, 63, a native of New Bedford, Mass.
  2. Beamish, Mike (February 7, 2007). "Ritchie decides to pack it in". Vancouver Sun. Canada.
  3. "GOOD MORNING: Coach Dave Ritchie among my most memorable people". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
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