Brendan Taman is the Director of Pro Personnel for the

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of the

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(CFL). He has also served as the

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for the

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and

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. He is a Grey Cup champion having won with the Roughriders as the team's general manager for the

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. He attended Aden Bowman Collegiate.

Football operations career

In 1987,

director of player personnel Dan Rambo hired Taman as a player personnel assistant. When Rambo and Roughriders offensive coordinator Steve Goldman became general manager and head coach of the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1989, Taman joined them as the team's manager of football operations. He remained in Ottawa until Rambo was fired following the 1992 season. After spending four seasons as Saskatchewan's assistant director of player personnel, Taman became the

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' Director of Player Personnel. In this position he was in charge of scouting, assisted head coach and general manager

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in handling contracts, and handled much of the day-to-day football operations while Rita focused on coaching. While in BC, Taman signed 1997 and 1998 Jackie Parker Trophy winners B. J. Gallis and

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. From 1999-2009, Taman worked with the

, first as assistant general manager (1999–2004) and then as general manager (2004–2009). Under his direction, the Blue Bombers had a 39-50-1 record and made an appearance in

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. Taman was moved from the GM position to the position of Vice President of Player Personnel in late 2008. He stepped down as VP of Player Personnel on January 13, 2009, saying he needed a break from football. Taman was hired by the Roughriders on June 30, 2009 as director of football administration. Along with head coach Ken Miller and director of player personnel Joe Womack, Taman handled the day-to-day operations of the team while general manager

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was on paid administrative leave following sexual assault allegations. Tillman resigned on January 8, 2010 and on January 22, Taman was named as his replacement as general manager. On August 31, 2015, after the Roughriders started 0-9, Taman and head coach

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were relieved of their duties. On January 24, 2020, it was announced that Taman had joined the

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as the team's Senior Player Personnel Executive. He spent two years with the Alouettes. It was announced on January 3, 2022, that Taman had been hired as the Director of Pro Personnel for the

CFL GM record

References

External links

Montreal Alouettes bio
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