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Ottawa Citizen
4 days ago
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
Stamps' new defensive boss Bob Slowik brings NFL pedigree from Jimmy Johnson and Bill Walsh coaching trees
Bob Slowik, the new Calgary Stampeders defensive coordinator, has been influenced by some of the best in the football biz. Try Jimmy Johnson and Bill Walsh. Article content Both legends — and their coaching trees — have provided Slowik with plenty of pigskin knowledge during what's been a lengthy career as a defensive wizard for the Super Bowl XXVII champion in the professional ranks. Article content Article content 'Fantastic backgrounds for me,' said Slowik, whose eye-popping coaching resumé — including as a defensive assistant for the Super Bowl-winning Dallas Cowboys — reads back to the late 1970s. Article content Article content 'I'm just hoping what I can bring will help us get better than we were last year and help this organization and this team win football games.' The Stampeders sure hope so, too, in trying to right the ship after the 2024 CFL campaign that saw them finish with a 5-12-1 record. Article content Slowik benefitted from the Stampeders' coaching shake-up following the debacle that saw them miss the playoffs for the first time in two decades. The 71-year-old was bumped up in the organization after spending the last four seasons as — first — defensive assistant for a year and — then — linebackers coach since 2022. Article content Before that, he was the defensive coordinator for the Montreal Alouettes for a pair of campaigns, marking his arrival in the three-down ranks. Article content Article content SLOWIK OVER THE YEARS Article content Slowik's resumé is impressive, indeed. Article content After two years as the starting cornerback for the NCAA's Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens, the Pittsburgh native became a graduate assistant at his alma mater to start his coaching career. Article content From there, he found his footing at higher-profile NCAA Div. 1 schools as a defensive coach, before moving onto the NFL for a prominent 22-year career. The pro highlights included gigs as defensive coordinator with the Chicago Bears, the Cleveland Browns, the Green Bay Packers and the Denver Broncos: Article content 1979-82 – Florida (NCAA) – Defensive backs coaching assistant 1984-89 – Rutgers (NCAA) – Secondary coach 1990-91 – East Carolina University (NCAA) – Outside linebackers coach 1992 – Dallas Cowboys (NFL) – Defensive assistant 1993-98 – Chicago Bears (NFL) – Defensive coordinator 1999 – Cleveland Browns (NFL) – Defensive coordinator 2000-01 – Green Bay Packers (NFL) – Defensive backs coach 2002-03 – Green Bay Packers (NFL) – Assistant head coach/Defensive backs coach 2004 – Green Bay Packers (NFL) – Defensive coordinator 2005-06 – Denver Broncos (NFL) – Defensive backs coach 2007-08 – Denver Broncos (NFL) – Defensive coordinator 2010-11 – Washington Redskins (NFL) – Defensive backs coach 2012-13 – Washington Redskins (NFL) – Linebackers coach 2019-20 – Montreal Alouettes (CFL) – Defensive coordinator 2021 – Calgary Stampeders (CFL) – Defensive assistant 2022-24 – Calgary Stampeders (CFL) – Linebackers coach 2025 – Calgary Stampeders (CFL) – Defensive coordinator
Calgary Herald
4 days ago
- Sport
- Calgary Herald
Stamps' new defensive boss Bob Slowik brings NFL pedigree from Jimmy Johnson and Bill Walsh coaching trees
Bob Slowik, the new Calgary Stampeders defensive coordinator, has been influenced by some of the best in the football biz. Try Jimmy Johnson and Bill Walsh. Article content Both legends — and their coaching trees — have provided Slowik with plenty of pigskin knowledge during what's been a lengthy career as a defensive wizard for the Super Bowl XXVII champion in the professional ranks. Article content Article content 'Fantastic backgrounds for me,' said Slowik, whose eye-popping coaching resumé — including as a defensive assistant for the Super Bowl-winning Dallas Cowboys — reads back to the late 1970s. Article content Article content 'I'm just hoping what I can bring will help us get better than we were last year and help this organization and this team win football games.' The Stampeders sure hope so, too, in trying to right the ship after the 2024 CFL campaign that saw them finish with a 5-12-1 record. Article content Slowik benefitted from the Stampeders' coaching shake-up following the debacle that saw them miss the playoffs for the first time in two decades. The 71-year-old was bumped up in the organization after spending the last four seasons as — first — defensive assistant for a year and — then — linebackers coach since 2022. Article content Before that, he was the defensive coordinator for the Montreal Alouettes for a pair of campaigns, marking his arrival in the three-down ranks. Article content Article content Slowik's resumé is impressive, indeed. Article content After two years as the starting cornerback for the NCAA's Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens, the Pittsburgh native became a graduate assistant at his alma mater to start his coaching career. Article content From there, he found his footing at higher-profile NCAA Div. 1 schools as a defensive coach, before moving onto the NFL for a prominent 22-year career. The pro highlights included gigs as defensive coordinator with the Chicago Bears, the Cleveland Browns, the Green Bay Packers and the Denver Broncos: Article content 1979-82 – Florida (NCAA) – Defensive backs coaching assistant 1984-89 – Rutgers (NCAA) – Secondary coach 1990-91 – East Carolina University (NCAA) – Outside linebackers coach 1992 – Dallas Cowboys (NFL) – Defensive assistant 1993-98 – Chicago Bears (NFL) – Defensive coordinator 1999 – Cleveland Browns (NFL) – Defensive coordinator 2000-01 – Green Bay Packers (NFL) – Defensive backs coach 2002-03 – Green Bay Packers (NFL) – Assistant head coach/Defensive backs coach 2004 – Green Bay Packers (NFL) – Defensive coordinator 2005-06 – Denver Broncos (NFL) – Defensive backs coach 2007-08 – Denver Broncos (NFL) – Defensive coordinator 2010-11 – Washington Redskins (NFL) – Defensive backs coach 2012-13 – Washington Redskins (NFL) – Linebackers coach 2019-20 – Montreal Alouettes (CFL) – Defensive coordinator 2021 – Calgary Stampeders (CFL) – Defensive assistant 2022-24 – Calgary Stampeders (CFL) – Linebackers coach 2025 – Calgary Stampeders (CFL) – Defensive coordinator
National Post
29-05-2025
- Business
- National Post
Linebackers in Calgary Stampeders camp: 'Standard' starts with veteran Marquel Lee
It's not just the personnel that's different these days among linebackers of the Calgary Stampeders. Article content Article content And … wow … there's lots of it with this bunch. Article content Take it from Marquel Lee, who's been a pro football talent for enough years to know the enthusiasm is running higher than it was with the 2024 edition on the Canadian Football League team. Article content 'The energy is way different around this team this year,' said Lee, who spent six years on NFL rosters and another spring with the United Football League's Arlington Renegades before signing with the Stampeders in September. Article content 'Our vibe is we want to play for each other,' continued Lee, who fits the bill as the Stamps' middle linebacker for the 2025 CFL campaign. 'We want to play for our defensive coaches. Want to play for defensive coordinator Bob Slowik, and we want to play complementary football for the teammates on special teams and offence. Article content 'We want to bring a toughness, grit …' added Lee. 'We want to be some bad mofos at the end of the day. We want to be a part of the bad mofo club. So anybody that steps on our turf in our home and any turf that we step on, we want to show those guys that we can't be messed with.' Article content The players Article content 10 Nicky Farinaccio 6'1, 205 lb. 25 Montréal 18 Deshawn Pace* 6'2, 220 lb. 23 Central Florida 42 Micah Teitz* 6'0, 229 lb. 29 Calgary 48 Jacob Roberts* 6'1, 233 lb. 23 Wake Forest 50 Marquel Lee* 6'3, 234 lb. 29 Wake Forest 51 Kelechi Anyalebechi* 6'0, 240 lb. 24 Incarnate Word 53 Trey Kiser* 6'0, 224 lb. 24 South Alabama 56 Gary Johnson Jr.* 6'0, 230 lb. 28 Texas * — denotes American Article content Article content Article content The linebacker corps is definitely a revamped unit with the Stamps having parted ways with a handful of veteran CFLers, including former league all-stars Micah Awe and Cam Judge. Article content Judge, of course, was traded to the Toronto Argonauts in exchange for high-profile rush-end Folarin Orimolade, in one of the many key transactions made by the Red and White in the off-season. Article content The Stamps also brought in Fraser Sopik for a second tour of duty after making him a fourth-round selection in the 2019 CFL Draft. But he abruptly retired ahead of training camp because of an off-season injury to throw a wrench in the team's plan at linebacker. Sopik was to be a key member of the corps.
