Veteran coach Jeff Reinebold returns to CFL as Ottawa’s special-teams co-ordinator

OTTAWA — Jeff Reinebold is back in the CFL.

Ryan Dinwiddie, the Ottawa Redblacks head coach and general manager, unveiled Reinebold as the club’s new special-teams co-ordinator Thursday. Dinwiddie is in his first season in the Canadian capital following five years with the Toronto Argonauts.

Reinebold, 68, joins the Redblacks after serving as defensive tackles coach for the last two years at the University of Hawaii. Reinebold has previous CFL coaching experience as an assistant with Hamilton (2013-16, 2019-21, 2023), B.C. (1991-93, 1996, 2018), Montreal (2012), Edmonton (1995) and the Las Vegas Posse (1994) while also having served as head coach with Winnipeg (1997-98).

Dinwiddie, who led Toronto to two Grey Cup wins, retained defensive co-ordinator William Fields, offensive line coach Mike Gibson and assistant special-teams co-ordinator/quality control Nate Taylor. All three were members of former head coach Bob Dyce’s staff last year, although Taylor was the club’s running backs coach.

The remainder of Dinwiddie’s staff will consist of Drew Tate (quarterbacks), Pete Costanza (receivers), Evan Harrington (running backs), Phillip Daniels (defensive line) and Damaso Munoz (linebackers). Dinwiddie will also serve as Ottawa’s offensive co-ordinator.

Tate and Costanza both worked with Dinwiddie in Toronto. Tate served as an offensive assistant with the Argos (2024-25) while Costanza was an assistant with Dinwiddie from 2022-25.

Fields was an assistant with Toronto’s Grey Cup-winning team in 2024 before joining the Redblacks last year.

Daniels spent the last two seasons as Saskatchewan’s defensive line coach, helping the Riders win the Grey Cup last year. He was also on the Philadelphia Eagles coaching staff (2016-19), helping the team win a Super Bowl title in 2018 after playing 14 seasons with Seattle (1996-99), Chicago (2000-03) and Washington (2004-10).

Munoz returns to Ottawa, where he helped the Redblacks win a Grey Cup in 2016. He has spent the past six seasons working as an assistant coach at Rutgers University (2020-25), his alma mater.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 8, 2026.