Former NFL general manager Thomas Dimitroff believes franchises south of the border should be taking a long look at Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ head coach Mike O’Shea during hiring cycles.
“I’ll tell you this, and maybe this isn’t the right thing to say, I want Mike O’Shea in the NFL,” Dimitroff told podcaster Bob Marjanovich during Super Bowl week. “I don’t know where you guys are with him — he’s a Guelph Gryphon. I think Mike O’Shea is a fantastic football coach and I would love to see him one day come down here and be a d-coordinator, if not more.”
O’Shea was hired as Winnipeg’s head coach ahead of the 2014 campaign, having previously served as special teams coordinator with the Toronto Argonauts for four seasons. After initially struggling in his first two years with the Bombers, the 53-year-old has posted double-digit victories in seven consecutive seasons and advanced to each of the last four Grey Cups, winning back-to-back championships in 2019 and 2021.
The two-time CFL Coach of the Year has posted a 96-62 win-loss record, six wins shy of the 102 franchise record set by Pro Football Hall of Famer Bud Grant.
