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Dave Dickenson to return as Stampeders’ coach and general manager next season

Calgary Stampeders Head Coach Dave Dickenson speaks to reporters after a team practice — Calgary Stampeders Head Coach Dave Dickenson speaks to reporters after a team practice. Wednesday, June 5th, 2019. (THE CANADIAN PRESS)

By The Canadian Press

Posted Oct 28, 2024 2:52 pm.

Dave Dickenson will be back as the head coach and general manager of the Calgary Stampeders next season.

Despite a disappointing 2024 season in Calgary, Stampeders president and Jay McNeil said Monday that Dickenson has earned another season guiding the CFL club.

Calgary (5-12) finished at the bottom of the West Division with the worst record in the CFL after 18 consecutive seasons of reaching the playoffs.

Dickenson will enter a ninth year as head coach and third as GM. He has spent a total of 16 years on Calgary’s coaching staff.

He coached the Stampeders to a Grey Cup victory in 2018, which was the third straight year Calgary had reached the championship game.

But Calgary has finished well under .500 in back-to-back seasons for the first time in two decades.

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