| Born: | September 3, 1938[1] New Bedford, Massachusetts[1] |
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| Career information | |
| Status | Retired |
| Position(s) | HC |
| Career history | |
| As coach | |
| 1993–1995 | BC Lions |
| 1997–1998 | Montreal Alouettes |
| 1999–2004 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 2011-2012 | Zurich Renegades |
| 1987-1989 | Milano Seamen OC |
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| Records |
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Dave Ritchie (born September 3, 1938) is a former coach in the Canadian Football League (CFL). Ritchie also coached in the Italian Football League and Switzerland Nationalliga A (American football). He is best known for his days as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Head Coach from 1999 to 2004. He retired following the end of the 2007 CFL season although he was considered for the 2008 Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach position.[2] He won 108 regular season games in the CFL, the seventh highest win total by a head coach in the league's history.
Prior to coaching in Canada, he was the head coach at Fairmont State University in West Virginia, from 1978 to 1982.
Ritchie was offensive coordinator for the Milano Seamen in the Italian Football League in 1987-1989. The team reached the Italian league championship in 1987 losing in the final seconds. Richie returned to the field as head coach in 2011-2012 of the Zurich Renegades in the top level league in Switzerland Nationalliga A (American football), helping the team reach the semi finals in 2012.
| Team | Year | Regular season | Post-season | |||||||
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| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Result | |||
| BC | 1993 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 4th in West Division | 0 | 1 | Lost in Division Semi-Finals | |
| BC | 1994 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .647 | 3rd in West Division | 3 | 0 | Won Grey Cup | |
| BC | 1995 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 3rd in North Division | 0 | 1 | Lost in Division Semi-Finals | |
| BC total | 31 | 22 | 1 | .583 | 0 West Division Championships |
3 | 2 | 1 Grey Cup | ||
| MTL | 1997 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .722 | 2nd in East Division | 1 | 1 | Lost in Division Finals | |
| MTL | 1998 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .706 | 2nd in East Division | 1 | 1 | Lost in Division Finals | |
| MTL total | 25 | 10 | 1 | .708 | 0 East Division Championships |
2 | 2 | 0 Grey Cups | ||
| WPG | 1999 | 6 | 12 | 0 | .333 | 4th in East Division | – | – | Missed Playoffs | |
| WPG | 2000 | 7 | 10 | 1 | .412 | 3rd in East Division | 1 | 1 | Lost in Division Finals | |
| WPG | 2001 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .778 | 1st in East Division | 1 | 1 | Lost in Grey Cup | |
| WPG | 2002 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .667 | 2nd in West Division | 1 | 1 | Lost in Division Finals | |
| WPG | 2003 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | 2nd in West Division | 0 | 1 | Lost in Division Semi-Finals | |
| WPG | 2004 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 4th in West Division | – | – | Fired | |
| WPG total | 52 | 44 | 1 | .532 | 1 East Division Championship |
3 | 4 | 0 Grey Cups | ||
| Total | 108 | 76 | 3 | .587 | 1 East Division Championship |
8 | 8 | 1 Grey Cup | ||