The Toronto Argonauts interviewed Rick Campbell for the head coach job on Saturday according to Justin Dunk of 3DownNation.
Rick Campbell is 54 years old and is from Spokane, Washington. In 2025, he was the special teams coordinator for the Ottawa Redblacks. The last time he was a head coach in the CFL was in 2024 with the B.C. Lions. They finished in third place in the West Division with a 9-9 record. B.C. would end up losing to the Saskatchewan Roughriders 28-19 in the Western Final.
The Lions parted ways with Campbell on November 20, 2024. In 2022 and 2023, Campbell led the Lions to the Western Final but would lose twice to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Campbell spent four seasons in B.C. with an overall record of 38-30.
Campbell started his coaching career by spending three seasons as a Graduate assistant for the University of Oregon. Next, he was named defensive backs and Special teams coordinator for the Edmonton Eskimos. He spent six seasons before Edmonton promoted him to defensive coordinator in 2005. He spent an additional four seasons in Edmonton, winning two Grey Cup championships in 2003 and 2005.
In 2009, Campbell was named the defensive backs coach and special teams coordinator for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The following season, he was the running backs coach for the Calgary Stampeders in 2010 and returned to Edmonton as the team’s assistant head coach and special teams coordinator in 11. Campbell would return to Calgary in 2012, spending two seasons as the team’s defensive coordinator.
In 2014, he was named the first head coach of the Ottawa Redblacks. He coached Ottawa for six seasons with a record of 44-62-2, winning the East Divisional title three times, and led the team to three Grey Cup appearances, winning the 104th Grey Cup championship in 2016 over the Calgary Stampeders. He was named the Annis Stukas Trophy (Coach of the Year) in 2015. After the team went 3-15 in 2019, the team and Campbell mutually parted ways. His overall CFL coaching record is 82-92-2.
