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**Don Matthews**
Don Matthews
Title	Head Coach
Sport	Canadian football
Born	June 22, 1939 (age 70)
Place of birth	Amesbury, Massachusetts
	Career highlights
Overall	231-132-1
Championships
	73rd Grey Cup, 83rd Grey Cup, 84th Grey Cup, 85th Grey Cup, 90th Grey Cup
Awards
	Coach of the Year in 1985, 1994, 1995, 1997, and 2002.;
Records
	Winningest Coach in CFL history
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1977; ; 1978-1982; ; 1983-1987; 1989; ; 1990; 1991; 1991-1993; 1994-1995; 1996-1998; 1999-2000; 2002-2006; 2008	Edmonton Eskimos - Linebackers coach; Edmonton Eskimos - Defensive co-ordinator; BC Lions; Edmonton Eskimos - Defensive co-ordinator; Toronto Argonauts; Orlando Thunder (WLAF); Sask. Roughriders; Baltimore Stallions; Toronto Argonauts; Edmonton Eskimos; Montreal Alouettes; Toronto Argonauts

Don Matthews, a.k.a. "The Don", (born June 22, 1939, Amesbury, Massachusetts) is a former head coach of several teams in the Canadian Football League and is the 2nd all-time winningest head coach in the CFL with 231 wins.

Matthews was formerly head coach of the CFL's BC Lions, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Baltimore Stallions, Toronto Argonauts, Edmonton Eskimos, and Montreal Alouettes. He was also head coach of the Orlando Thunder of the World League of American Football.

In October 2006, Matthews stepped down as head coach of the Alouettes expressing undisclosed health issues that were "affecting his ability to perform".^[1]

In May, 2008, Matthews was announced as an advisor to the Jeff Hunt-led group's conditional Ottawa franchise.^[2]

Don Matthews returned to Toronto on September 9, 2008 as the interim coach for the Argonauts, after they started the season with a 4-6 record.^[3] In that press conference, Matthews revealed that the major health reason that caused him to step down as head coach of the Alouettes was an anxiety disorder. He also went further to say that he had been prescribed to some medication and the anxiety attacks are now under control.^[4]^[5]

Matthews' mother, Ida, was a francophone from Tracadie, New Brunswick, while his father, Fred, was from Prince Edward Island. Matthews has 3 sons and 6 grandchildren. In 2004, Matthews became a Canadian citizen.

On October 31, 2008, he resigned from the Argonauts a day after the conclusion of the Argonauts 2008 regular season, which saw the Argos fail to win a game in the eight games under his leadership and finishing out of the playoffs for the first time since the 2001 CFL season.^[6]

[edit] Coaching Records

Don Matthews currently holds several coaching records:

Most Grey Cup appearances (9)
Most Grey Cup wins (5 - tied)

He also has an additional 5 Grey Cup titles as defensive co-ordinator of the Edmonton Eskimos.

[edit] CFL Head Coaching Record

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
Team	Year	Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Result
BC	1983	11	5	0	.688	1^st in West Division	1	1	Lost in Grey Cup
BC	1984	12	3	1	.800	1^st in West Division	0	1	Lost in Conference Finals
BC	1985	13	3	0	.813	1^st in West Division	2	0	Won Grey Cup
BC	1986	12	6	0	.667	2^nd in West Division	1	1	Lost in Conference Finals
BC	1987	8	6	0	.573	1^st in West Division	-	-	(fired)
TOR	1990	10	8	0	.556	2^nd in East Division	1	1	Lost in Division Finals
SSK	1991	5	6	0	.455	4^th in West Division	-	-	Missed Playoffs
SSK	1992	9	9	0	.500	3^rd in West Division	0	1	Lost in Division Finals
SSK	1993	11	7	0	.611	3^rd in West Division	0	1	Lost in Division Finals
BAL	1994	12	6	0	.667	2^nd in East Division	2	1	Lost in Grey Cup
BAL	1995	15	3	0	.833	1^st in East Division	2	1	Won Grey Cup
TOR	1996	15	3	0	.833	1^st in East Division	1	1	Won Grey Cup
TOR	1997	15	3	0	.833	1^st in East Division	1	1	Won Grey Cup
TOR	1998	9	9	0	.500	3^st in East Division	0	1	Lost in Division Finals
EDM	1999	6	12	0	.333	3^st in East Division	0	1	Lost in Division Finals
EDM	2000	10	8	0	.556	2^nd in East Division	0	1	Lost in Division Finals
MTL	2002	13	5	0	.722	1^st in East Division	2	0	Won Grey Cup
MTL	2003	13	5	0	.722	1^st in East Division	1	1	Lost in Grey Cup
MTL	2004	14	4	0	.778	1^st in East Division	0	1	Lost in Conference Finals
MTL	2005	10	8	0	.556	2^nd in East Division	2	1	Lost in Grey Cup
MTL	2006	8	6	0	.571	1^st in East Division	-	-	(stepped down)
TOR	2008	0	8	0	.000	3^rd in East Division	-	-	missed playoffs
BC	1983-1987	56	23	1	.700	4 West Division Championship	4	3	1 Grey Cup
TOR	1990,1996-1998,2008	49	31	0	.613	2 East Division Championship	2	3	2 Grey Cups
SSK	1991-1993	25	22	0	.532	0 West Division Championship	0	2	0 Grey Cup
BAL	1994-1995	27	9	0	.750	1 East Division Championship	4	2	1 Grey Cups
EDM	1999-2000	16	20	0	.444	0 West Division Championship	0	2	0 Grey Cups
MTL	2002-2006	58	28	0	.674	4 East Division Championship	5	2	1 Grey Cups
Total	1983-1987,1990-2006,2008	231	133	1	.633	11 Division Championship	15	14	5 Grey Cups

[edit] References

^ "Als coach Matthews resigns". CBC Sports. 2006-10-04. http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2006/10/04/matthews-conference.html. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
^ Brennan, Don (2008-09-12). "Hunt: Matthews inspired by Kilrea". Ottawa Sun. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Ottawa/2008/09/12/6745531-sun.html. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
^ "Argos fire Stubler, bring back Matthews". CBC Sports. 2008-09-09. http://www.cbc.ca/sportsnews/story/2008/09/09/matthews-argos.html. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
^ http://www.thespec.com/News/BreakingNews/article/432213
^ O’Connor, Joe (2008-10-29). "Argos' Matthews winning battle with anxiety". National Post. http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=917567. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
^ "Matthews quits as Argos coach". CBC Sports. 2008-10-31. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2008/10/31/argos-matthews.html. Retrieved 2008-10-31.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by first coach	Orlando Thunder Head Coaches 1991	Succeeded by Galen Hall
Preceded by first coach	Baltimore Stallions Head Coaches 1994–1995	Succeeded by last coach
Awards
Preceded by Wally Buono Don Matthews Don Matthews Dave Ritchie Cal Murphy	Grey Cup winning Head Coach 90th Grey Cup, 2002 85th Grey Cup, 1997 84th Grey Cup, 1996 83rd Grey Cup, 1995 73rd Grey Cup, 1985	Succeeded by Tom Higgins Wally Buono Don Matthews Don Matthews Al Bruno

[0] "Als coach Matthews resigns". CBC Sports. 2006-10-04. http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2006/10/04/matthews-conference.html. Retrieved 2008-10-31.

[1] Brennan, Don (2008-09-12). "Hunt: Matthews inspired by Kilrea". Ottawa Sun. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Ottawa/2008/09/12/6745531-sun.html. Retrieved 2008-09-12.

[2] "Argos fire Stubler, bring back Matthews". CBC Sports. 2008-09-09. http://www.cbc.ca/sportsnews/story/2008/09/09/matthews-argos.html. Retrieved 2008-09-09.

[3] ttp://www.thespec.com/News/BreakingNews/article/432213

[4] O’Connor, Joe (2008-10-29). "Argos' Matthews winning battle with anxiety". National Post. http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=917567. Retrieved 2008-10-31.

[5] "Matthews quits as Argos coach". CBC Sports. 2008-10-31. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2008/10/31/argos-matthews.html. Retrieved 2008-10-31.

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Contents

[edit] Coaching Records

[edit] CFL Head Coaching Record

[edit] References

[edit] External links