Alouettes hire Chapdelaine as special adviser to offensive co-ordinator Calvillo

MONTREAL – Jacques Chapdelaine has joined the Montreal Alouettes as wide receivers coach and special adviser to offensive co-ordinator Anthony Calvillo, the Canadian Football League club announced Monday.

Chapdelaine, 54, was offensive co-ordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Saskatchewan Roughriders last season. He has 13 years of CFL coaching experience, mainly as an offensive co-ordinator, winning Grey Cups with Calgary in 2001 and British Columbia in 2003 and 2013.

“His years of expertise in the CFL, as a coach and as a player, are invaluable,” said Alouettes coach and general manager Jim Popp.

As a player, Chapdelaine caught 166 passes for 2,026 yards over seven years, including two seasons in Montreal in the 1980s.

Calvillo, the CFL’s all-time passing leader, began last season as receivers coach, then was promoted in August to quarterbacks coach and, as of Sept. 7, shared offensive co-ordinator duties with Ryan Dinwiddie, who is now on the Calgary Stampeders’ coaching staff.