By Joel Gasson

Jacques Chapdelaine officially named Riders’ offensive co-ordinator

Dec 19, 2014 | 12:43 PM

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have officially named their new offensive co-ordinator.

As the Green Zone reported on Wednesday, Jacques Chapdelaine will take control of the team’s offence in 2015. Chapdelaine will be taking over for George Cortez who held the position for the last two seasons.

Chapdelaine has spent 13 seasons in the CFL since he joined the league in 2001 as the Calgary Stampeders special teams’ co-ordinator and receivers’ coach. He would be named the Stamps offensive co-ordinator in 2002.

After that, the now 53-year-old spend 10 of the next 11 seasons with the B.C. Lions. Chapdelaine would be the Lions’ offensive co-ordinator for six of those seasons. The one year Chapdelaine wasn’t in B.C., he was the Eskimos assistant head coach and offensive co-ordinator in 2007.

During his eight seasons as a CFL offensive coordinator, Chapdelaine won two Grey Cups.

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Chapdelaine spent last season as head coach of the football program at Simon Fraser University. Chapdelaine played seven seasons in the CFL with B.C., Montreal, Hamilton and Calgary.

Tune into the Green Zone on Friday afternoon to hear Jamie Nye go one-on-one with head coach Corey Chamblin and Chapdelaine.

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