Bob Dyce fired as Redblacks head coach after disappointing season
Original Publication Date: October 25, 2025 5:46AM
Publication Updated: October 25, 2025 6:30AM
The Ottawa Redblacks fired head coach Bob Dyce on Saturday, a day after the team ended its season with a sixth straight loss.
“This is a difficult day as Bob poured his heart, sweat, and tears into our organization over the past 11 years. His work ethic and desire to get the best out of his players was seen every day,” general manager Shawn Burke said in a statement. “Bob is someone I worked with daily and leaned on as a colleague and friend. I want to thank him for all his contributions to our team and wish him all the best in the future.”
The move came following Friday’s 35-15 defeat to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in a season that saw Ottawa eliminated from playoff contention for the fifth time since reaching the 2018 Grey Cup.
Speaking to reporters after the loss, Dyce reflected on his decade with the organization.
“It’s gone up and down through that time, but you’re always thankful to work with good people,” Dyce said. “I’ve worked with many good people here, made a lot of lifetime friends and you just go forward.
“Life is a journey, right? It’s kind of like a river, a lot of bends here, there and the next, and you just fight through the challenging times. You don’t know where it’s going to end (or) when it’s going to end, so you just be thankful for the time that you have and that’s about it.”
Dyce joined the Redblacks in 2016 as special-teams coordinator and helped the team win its first Grey Cup championship that year.
The Winnipeg native became the club’s third head coach in October 2022, first on an interim basis before earning the full-time job.
He led Ottawa to its first playoff berth in five years last season, going 9-8-1 and posting a franchise-best 7-1-1 record at TD Place.
But the Redblacks regressed this year, finishing 4-14. Dyce’s overall record as head coach in Ottawa was 18-39-1.
Before joining the Redblacks, Dyce spent six seasons on the Saskatchewan Roughriders coaching staff, winning a Grey Cup in 2013, and began his CFL career with his hometown Blue Bombers.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 25, 2025.
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