Redblacks add experience to coaching staff

The Ottawa Redblacks have added a pair of experienced coaches to the staff, the club announced on Wednesday, Oct. 6. 

Joining the team are Doug Malone as offensive consultant and Cory McDiarmid as special teams assistant. 

Malone returns to the Canadian Football League (CFL) where he previously spent time as the offensive line coach with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats when the team reached the 2011 East Division Championship game. Malone would then coach the Saskatchewan Roughriders offensive line from 2013-2014 where he would help the team capture the Grey Cup. He would move on with the BC Lions in 2015 before heading back to the United States as co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach at Western Illinois. Malone most recently coached at Tennessee Tech, where he had served as associate head coach and then offensive coordinator.

McDiarmid, a veteran coach with nearly two decades of CFL experience, comes to Ottawa after a stint as special teams coordinator and running backs coach with Panthers Wroclaw of the European League of Football. Prior to his most recent role, McDiarmid served as special teams coordinator with the Toronto Argonauts, a position he has also held with the Edmonton Elks, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Montreal Alouettes, Calgary Stampeders and BC Lions. McDermid has won the Grey Cup twice, the first as a special teams coach with the Lions in 2000 and as assistant special teams coordinator with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2013.