The Als announced the hiring of Mike Sherman, best known as former HC of the Green Bay Packers from 2000-04 where he went 53-27. After that he was the HC of Texas A & M, and former OC/OL coach in a ton of places.
http://www.rodpedersen.com/2017/12/a...ead-coach.html
source: wikipedia
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Montreal, December 20, 2017 – The Montreal Alouettes announced Wednesday that Mike Sherman has been appointed the 24th Head Coach in the history of the Montreal Alouettes. The 63-year-old coach brings close to 40 years of coaching experience at the high school, university and professional levels with him. Sherman was head coach of the Green Bay Packers in the NFL from 2000 to 2005. From 2001 to 2004, he was also the club's General Manager. The team showed a 57-39 record in six seasons with him at the helm. During that time, the Packers won three division titles in 2002, 2003 and 2004. In his six seasons as the Head Coach he led the Packers to five winning seasons. His 53-27 record in Green Bay from 2000 to 2004 place him second in the club history with a winning percentage of .663 as a Head Coach.
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Interesting hire of a high profile NFL/NCAA guy with no CFL background. I guess they're hoping he'll turn out to be another Trestman? He's 63 so he probably still has a lot of football left in him.
Considering what another former NFL guy was able to accomplish in Hamilton last season, this looks like a pretty shrewd move by Montreal and quite a coup for them. Now 3 out of 4 eastern division HCs are former NFL HCs.