The 2022 Ottawa Redblacks season was the eighth season for the team in the
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...
. The
Redblacks were eliminated from playoff contention following their week 20 loss to the
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Tim Hortons Fiel ...
on October 21, 2022.
The
2022 CFL season
The 2022 CFL season is scheduled to be the 68th season of modern-day Canadian football. Officially, it will be the 64th season of the Canadian Football League. The regular season is scheduled to begin on June 9, 2022, and end on October 29, 2022, w ...
was the second season for
Paul LaPolice
Paul LaPolice (born June 12, 1970) is a gridiron football coach who was most recently the head coach for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a two-time Grey Cup champion as an assistant coach, most recently in 107th ...
as the team's
head coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches. In some sports, the head coach is instead called the "manager", as in assoc ...
, but he was fired after leading the team to another 3–11 record.
The team had also won just one home game out of 14 tries with LaPolice as head coach, including an 0–7 record in 2022.
Bob Dyce
Bob Dyce (born December 3, 1965) is the head coach and special teams coordinator for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was formerly the interim head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He is a Grey Cup champion aft ...
, the team's special teams coordinator, was named the interim head coach on October 1, 2022.
[
This was ]Shawn Burke
Shawn Burke (born 1982) is the General manager (sports), general manager of the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He previously spent 15 years in administrative and personnel related positions with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. B ...
's first season as general manager, following the dismissal of Marcel Desjardins
Marcel Desjardins (born May 19, 1966) is the former general manager for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He has also served as the General Manager for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for two seasons. He is a four time Grey Cup ...
who had been in the role since 2013, the year prior to the Redblacks' inaugural season.
Offseason
CFL Global Draft
The 2022 CFL Global Draft
The 2022 CFL Global Draft was a selection of non-Canadian and non-American players by Canadian Football League (CFL) teams that took place on May 3, 2022. It was the second CFL Draft that pools all of the global players together after previously h ...
took place on May 3, 2022.
CFL National Draft
The 2022 CFL Draft
The 2022 CFL National Draft was a selection of National players by Canadian Football League (CFL) teams that took place on May 3, 2022, at 8:00 pm ET and was broadcast on TSN and RDS. 74 players were chosen from among eligible players from ...
took place on May 3, 2022.
Preseason
Schedule
Regular season
Standings
Schedule
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: Games played with alternate uniforms.][
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Team
Roster
Coaching staff
References
External links
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