The Montreal Alouettes are bringing back the bulk of their Grey Cup-winning coaching staff for the 2024 season, including coordinators Anthony Calvillo, Noel Thorpe and Byron Archambault.
Calvillo remains on board as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach after returning to the organization in 2022. He previously coached with Montreal from 2015 to 2017 after wrapping up a 16-year stint as a quarterback for the franchise which saw him become the CFL’s all-time passing leader.
Thorpe is back for a third season with the team on his third separate stint with the organization. He was the architect of the Alouettes’ dominant defence in 2023, allowing the second-fewest points per game of any team in the league at 21.8.
Archambault has been the team’s assistant head coach and special teams coordinator since 2021, while also serving as director of player personnel. In 2023, he was responsible for the best punt coverage unit in the CFL while also facilitating the development of returner James Letcher Jr.
Also returning are offensive line coach Luc Brodeur-Jourdain, receivers coach and pass game coordinator Michael Lionello, linebackers coach Greg Quick, defensive line coach Corey Irvin, and assistant defensive backs coach Chandler Jones. Running backs coach Tyrell Sutton is not returning, with fullbacks coach Dave Jackson taking over both responsibilities.
New to the staff next season is offensive line assistant David Brown, who has spent the past three seasons as a player with the team. The Western product played 28 games and made nine starts in his first two years in Montreal but spent the entirety of 2023 on the six-game injured list assisting Brodeur-Jordain. He previously spent three years with the Calgary Stampeders after being selected in the fourth round of the 2018 CFL Draft.
The Alouettes announced that head coach Jason Maas and general manager Danny Maciocia had both been signed to multi-year contract extensions on Wednesday. The team will begin the defence of their Grey Cup title when they visit the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday, June 6.
