Ottawa Redblacks announce Patrick Bourgon will be team’s defensive backs coach
Posted Apr 4, 2022 08:19:00 PM.
The Ottawa Redblacks revealed on April 4 that Patrick Bourgon will take on the role of defensive backs (DBs) coach for the upcoming football season.
Bourgon, who most recently was serving as Redblacks linebackers coach, has been with the team since 2014 when he joined the front office as a football operations assistant.
“I'm thankful to the Redblacks linebackers these past few years for their dedication to this team, as well as to coach LaPolice and coach Benevides for their trust,” said Bourgon. “I look forward to working with the defensive backs and helping them grow and improve as players.”
Bourgon briefly left Ottawa to serve as the defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach for the Diables Rouges de Villepinte in France. Bourgon would return to the Redblacks as an offensive assistant in 2016, in time for the team’s Grey Cup championship run, before moving to the other side of the ball as defensive assistant in 2018. He was named assistant defensive backs and special teams coach in January 2020 before being promoted to linebackers coach ahead of the 2021 season.
“Patrick will do an outstanding job working with the defensive backs,” said Paul LaPolice, head coach of the Redblacks. “He has experience playing with and coaching defensive backs and our group of DBs will love working with him.”
The team announced that defensive coordinator Mike Benevides would handle linebacker coaching duties for this season.
