Hufnagel joins Argonauts as adviser following successful run in Calgary

By Canadian Press on December 4, 2025.

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts announced Thursday that five-time Grey Cup winner John Hufnagel is joining the team as a special adviser to the general manager and head coach.

Hufnagel comes to Toronto after a highly successful tenure with the Calgary Stampeders.

He took over as head coach and general manager of the Stampeders in 2008, with the team winning the Grey Cup and Hufnagel being named coach of the year that season.

Calgary won another CFL title in 2014 with Hufnagel winning his second coach of the year award.

He ceded coaching duties to former Stampeders quarterback Dave Dickenson after the 2015 season, but remained general manager until 2022. The Stampeders played in three straight Grey Cups from 2016-18, winning in the final year of that span.

Dickenson took over GM duties after the 2022 season, but Hufnagel remained as an adviser. He also served as club president from 2016-2023.

Hufnagel joins a Toronto team with a long-tenured GM in Mike (Pinball) Clemons, but a rookie head coach in Mike Miller.

Miller was named the Argos new head coach on Tuesday after Ryan Dinwiddie left the role in November to take over as head coach and GM of the Ottawa Redblacks.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 4, 2025.

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