The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team based in Toronto, Ontario, and play in the East Division in the Canadian Football League (CFL).
The franchise was founded as in 1873 and was a founding member of the Ontario Rugby Football Union in 1883 and of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union in 1907. In its long history, the team has won a record 19 championships and been led by 59 head coaches. The Argonauts head coach position is vacant while the current general manager is Michael Clemons and the current owner is Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment.
Key Symbol Description GC Games coached W Wins L Losses T Ties W% Winning percentage PGC Playoff games coached PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW% Playoff winning percentage † Elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in the builders category
Head coaches Note: Statistics are current through the end of the 2025 CFL season.
# Name Term GC W L T W% PGC PW PL PW% Achievements1H. T. Glazebrook1873–1874————2Harold Lambe1875————3W. H. Perram1876–1877————4Bedford1878————5Orville Murphy1880–1881————6Hume Blake (1st stint)1882————7A. H. Campbell1883————-Hume Blake (2nd stint)1884————8Rupert Muntz1885–1886————9Hugh Smith1887–1890————10R. Bayley1891–892————11Billy Wood1893————121894–1900————141901–1903————15Fred Thompson–1905————16 (1st stint)19066420.667————17/–183150.167————- (2nd stint)6330.500————18† (1st stint)6510.833211.50019†6510.833211.500206330.500————-† (2nd stint)6510.8333301.0006th Grey Cup championship21† (2nd stint)/6420.667————22 (1st stint)6330.500————23† (1st stint)6510.833211.500- (2nd stint)66001.0003301.0009th Grey Cup championship24–241473.646211.500-† (2nd stint)6330.500————25–12372.333————26–2413101.563————27†–5740152.71920128.60021st Grey Cup championship25th Grey Cup championship26th Grey Cup championship281945–19495429214.57411101.90933rd Grey Cup championship34th Grey Cup championship35th Grey Cup championship29†1950–19546431312.5001183.72738th Grey Cup championship40th Grey Cup championship301955–1956268100.444211.500311957–329230.281————3210370.500————33–3117131.565523.40034–3911280.282————35–288200.286————36 (1st stint)–8445381.5421064.400 Annis Stukus Trophy winner37–211092.524101.000389351.389————39–3212182.406————- (2nd stint)–259160.360101.000407160.143————41165110.313————42–266200.231————436240.333————44† (1st stint)–13678553.5851266.500 Annis Stukus Trophy winner Annis Stukus Trophy winner71st Grey Cup championship45† (1st stint)181080.556211.50046–2916130.5522201.000 Annis Stukus Trophy winner79th Grey Cup championship47–174130.235————-† (2nd stint)–269170.346101.000489270.222————-† (3rd stint)9270.222————-† (2nd stint)–5439150.722541.800 Annis Stukus Trophy winner84th Grey Cup championship85th Grey Cup championship49 (1st stint)18990.500101.000508161.189————51 (interim)2110.500————52 (1st stint)–2612140.462————5312480.333———— (2nd stint)–9655401.5781165.54592nd Grey Cup championship5410460.400————-† (3rd stint)8080.000————55183150.167————- (2nd stint)–3615210.417211.500 Annis Stukus Trophy winner56–9043470.478532.600 Annis Stukus Trophy winner100th Grey Cup championship57–3613230.3612201.000 Annis Stukus Trophy winner105th Grey Cup championship58184140.286————59 86 51 35 0 .630 7 5 2 .714 Annis Stukus Trophy winner109th Grey Cup championship111th Grey Cup championship
All-Time Records
Top 5 Coaches by Regular Season Wins Rank Coach Wins 1 Bob O'Billovich 89 2 Michael "Pinball" Clemons 67 3 Leo Cahill 54 4 Ryan Dinwiddie 51 5 Don Matthews 49
Top 5 Coaches by Playoff Wins Rank Coach Playoff Wins 1 Lew Hayman 12 2 Ted Morris 10 3 Frank Clair 8 T-4 Leo Cahill 6 T-4 Michael "Pinball" Clemons 6 T-4 Bob O'Billovich 6
Top 5 Coaches by Regular Season Games Coached Rank Coach Games 1 Bob O'Billovich 171 2 Michael "Pinball" Clemons 122 3 Leo Cahill 109 4 Scott Milanovich 90 5 Ryan Dinwiddie 86
Top 5 Coaches by Playoff Games Coached Rank Coach Games 1 Lew Hayman 20 2 Bob O'Billovich 13 T-3 Leo Cahill 11 T-3 Frank Clair 11 T-3 Michael "Pinball" Clemons 11 T-3 Ted Morris 11
Coaches with Grey Cup Championships Coach Grey Cup Championships Year(s) Ted Morris 3 1933, 1937, 1938 Lew Hayman 3 1945, 1946, 1947 Don Matthews 2 1996, 1997 Frank Clair 2 1950, 1952 Ryan Dinwiddie 2 2022, 2024 Michael "Pinball" Clemons 1 2004 Billy Foulds 1 1914 Scott Milanovich 1 2012 Sinc McEvenue 1 1921 Bob O'Billovich 1 1983 Adam Rita 1 1991 Marc Trestman 1 2017
Coaches with Coach of the Year Awards Coach Coach of the Year Awards Year(s) Bob O'Billovich 2 1982, 1987 Jim Barker 1 2010 Leo Cahill 1 1971 Ryan Dinwiddie 1 2023 Don Matthews 1 1997 Scott Milanovich 1 2012 Adam Rita 1 1991 Marc Trestman 1 2017
Notes A running total of the number of coaches of the Argonauts. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once. Entries prior to 1907 are taken from "Year-By-Year History" in the references. A consolidated list after 1907 is listed at "Toronto Argonauts All-Time Coaching."
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