Head Coach - Lions announce Jeff Tedford as 2015 HC

[Sir Purrcival]

What are some possible names out in the CFL that might be options.

Any thoughts on Travis Moore?

[cromartie]

From Arash Madani:

Per #CFL sources: #BCLions leaning toward hiring Jeff Tedford as head coach. Former Cal coach/CFL QB worked with Buono in Calgary in 90s.

[Sir Purrcival]

Not an expansive search if this is correct. He only fired Benevides what 2 weeks ago. Surely he can't be that far along in the search process yet?

[WestCoastJoe]

From Arash Madani:

Per #CFL sources: #BCLions leaning toward hiring Jeff Tedford as head coach. Former Cal coach/CFL QB worked with Buono in Calgary in 90s.

Jeff Tedford.

He has some serious credentials. CFL experience as a player and coach.

If we got him, that would be a very nice Christmas present.

[cromartie]

Not an expansive search if this is correct. He only fired Benevides what 2 weeks ago. Surely he can't be that far along in the search process yet?

Listen. There's a Hawaiian vacation to get to.

In all seriousness, how long do you want him to take, exactly. Do you want to wait until the NFL season is over in January? After US college coaches are done with their bowl games?

Dickenson said no.
Hamilton refused us permission to talk to Steinhauer.

Those are the two inquires we know of, and we already speculated on here how thin the pool was to begin with.

[WestCoastJoe]

Tedford's quarterbacks[edit]

Tedford is known as a groomer of quarterbacks.[14] Two of his pupils have achieved the highest success in the NFL: Super Bowl champions Trent Dilfer and Aaron Rodgers. Dilfer won Super Bowl XXXV with the Baltimore Ravens. Rodgers passed for over 4,000 yards in his first two full-time seasons after waiting on the bench behind Brett Favre for three seasons and led the Green Bay Packers to a championship in Super Bowl XLV. Rodgers was selected to his first Pro Bowl in 2009.

Joey Harrington, Akili Smith, David Carr, and Kyle Boller also had outstanding college careers and were first round picks in the NFL draft. However, Tedford failed to develop a star quarterback at Cal after Rodgers left following the 2004 season.[14]

Tedford coached each of the following first round NFL draft picks at the quarterback position:
Fresno State Trent Dilfer 6th overall 1994, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
David Carr 1st overall 2002, Houston Texans

Oregon Akili Smith 3rd overall 1999, Cincinnati Bengals
Joey Harrington 3rd overall 2002, Detroit Lions

California Kyle Boller 19th overall 2003, Baltimore Ravens
Aaron Rodgers 24th overall 2005, Green Bay Packers

Tedford also coached Billy Volek, a backup quarterback for the San Diego Chargers, and A.J. Feeley, a backup quarterback for the St. Louis Rams. -- Wikipedia

[WestCoastJoe]

Jeff Tedford.

[Blitz]

Tedford was paid 1.5 million base salary in California and was paid 1.8 million in his last season there.

[Blitz]

If we can get Tedford I would take him. He has CFL playing and coaching experience, he has offensive coordinator and HC college experience with big football programs, he is a quarterback developer, and he was good enough to be hired as an offensive coordinator in the NFL with Tampa Bay.

[WestCoastJoe]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/li ... ead-coach/

Lions leaning toward hiring Tedford as head coach

Jeff Tedford. (Will Vragovic/The Tampa Bay Times/AP)

December 11, 2014, 9:08 PM

Wally Buono may be going back in time to find the coach of the future for the B.C. Lions.

League sources tell Sportsnet that the Lions are leaning toward hiring Jeff Tedford, the former CFL quarterback who groomed Aaron Rodgers in college while head coach of the California Golden Bears, as the next head coach of the Lions.

The 53-year-old Tedford worked with, and for, Buono on the Calgary Stampeders coaching staff between 1989 and 1991 when he was entering the coaching ranks.

It has been a whirlwind two years for Tedford after he was fired by Cal in 2012 — after 11 seasons running the program. He was out of coaching in 2013, was hired in January of this year by Lovie Smith to run Tampa Bay’s offence, left the team in the summer because of heart issues that ultimately led to him to sitting out the season. He was released from his Buccaneers contract on Dec. 5.

That move by Tampa last week freed Tedford to explore other opportunities, which sources say fully opened conversations between he and Buono. The Lions have been searching for a head coach since parting ways with Mike Benevides on Nov. 20 after B.C.’s 50-17 playoff loss to Montreal.

Tedford has an impressive football coaching resume, having worked as an assistant coach and coordinator with Fresno State and Oregon before landing the Cal head coaching job in 1992. It’s his work with quarterbacks, in particular, that has made him such a sought-after coaching candidate over the past 25 years.

Two of Tedford’s quarterbacks at Fresno State became first-round NFL draft choices (Trent Dilfer, sixth overall, 1994), including David Carr, who in 2002 was the No. 1 overall pick of the Houston Texans. A pair of Tedford’s Oregon quarterbacks were first rounders (Akili Smith, Joey Harrington) and as were two from Cal – Kyle Boller and Rodgers.

Incidentally, Aaron Rodgers’s younger brother, Jordan, is on the Lions roster – having signed with the CFL club in the latter stages of the 2014 season.

Tedford spent six years in the CFL as a quarterback for four different teams before first working with Buono on the Stampeders staff. Even while coaching in the NCAA, he and Buono stayed in touch and it was not uncommon to have Tedford around the Lions facility from time to time.

"He was out of coaching in 2013, was hired in January of this year by Lovie Smith to run Tampa Bay’s offence, left the team in the summer because of heart issues that ultimately led to him to sitting out the season."

Coaching at the highest levels must be one of the highest stress jobs. These guys have my sympathy. Is Jeff Tedford downsizing a bit in his career? Pretty high stress in the CFL also.

[Blitz]

If we can get Tedford I would take him. He has CFL playing and coaching experience, he has offensive coordinator and HC college experience with big football programs, he is a quarterback developer, and he was good enough to be hired as an offensive coordinator in the NFL with Tampa Bay.

and he likes running a lot of screens (and I love the screen game and think we need it) and using his backs in the passing attack....

[BC 1988]

Interesting thread over at
http://www.riderfans.com/forum/showthre ... -Available

They've been discussing Tedford since he was released by Tampa Bay. Most posters think it's unlikely he will come to the CFL.

[korey&dante4ever]

If we got him, that would be a very nice Christmas present.

I'd be over the moon. An amazing offensive mind from all accounts. This would be huge.

[WestCoastJoe]

If we got him, that would be a very nice Christmas present.

I'd be over the moon. An amazing offensive mind from all accounts. This would be huge.

Make a little wish.

[notahomer]

If we got him, that would be a very nice Christmas present.

I'd be over the moon. An amazing offensive mind from all accounts. This would be huge.

Sounds good to me and I'm sure he'll make some big choices for assistants....