New head coach Tom Higgins introduced the coaching staff for the Montreal Alouettes on Thursday, which includes three former coaches from the Quebec football conference.
Chris Conte . Noel Thorpe returns as the teams defensive coordinator and adds assistant head coach and defensive backs coach to his responsibilities this season. In 2011 and 2012, Thorpe was part of the Université de Montréal coaching staff. Rick Worman is the teams new offensive coordinator, returning to the CFL after a brief stint with Mississippi Valley State University. A former quarterback in the CFL, Worman has been a part of two Grey Cup championships over his coaching career. In 2012, he served as a scout for the Ottawa RedBlacks. Ryan Dinwiddie returns for a second season as quarterbacks coach and is expected to work closer with the rest of the offensive staff. Erik Campbell also returns for his second season as receivers coach as does Mark Speckman as running backs coach. Former Université de Sherbrooke head coach André Bolduc debuts as the teams offensive quality control coach and special teams assistant. Jean-Vincent Posy-Audette, a former member of Bolducs staff at Sherbrooke, is the teams new defensive assistant and special teams assistant. And following a stellar 13-year playing career in the CFL, former defensive end Anwar Stewart will make his coaching debut in 2014 after being named the clubs new defensive quality control coach.
Brandon Marshall . Blown save in the ninth inning? No problem.
Chicago Bears Jersey . -- Peyton Manning will have all of his wide receivers available for the first time in a month when the Denver Broncos begin their playoff run Jan.OTTAWA -- The Ottawa Redblacks have signed defensive back Antoine Pruneau, the fourth overall pick in the 2014 CFL draft. The 24-year-old Pruneau played his CIS football with the Montreal Carabins. The six-foot, 200-pound Montreal native had 41 tackles, 3.5 sacks, one interception and two forced fumbles in eight games last season. Pruneau also added 10 kickoff returns for 259 yards and one touchdown, and had a missed field goal return of 119 yyards and a touchdown.
Martellus Bennett. "Antoine runs a 4.3 in the 40 (meters) and those guys are hard to find at any level of football - major NCAA, CIS, CFL and even the NFL," Redblacks general manager Marcel Desjardins said in a statement Wednesday. The Redblacks signed four other draftees: offensive lineman Nolan MacMillan, defensive end Connor Williams, receiver Scott Macdonell and defensive lineman Vincent Desloges.
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