Former Riders QB coach Steve Walsh hired for same role by Redblacks

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The Ottawa Redblacks have hired Steve Walsh as the their quarterbacks coach.

Walsh arrives in Ottawa after spending the last two seasons as the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ quarterbacks coach. And he spent the 2017 campaign as a senior assistant with the Toronto Argonauts. Prior to coaching in the CFL, Walsh spent two years as the director of football at the prestigious IMG Academy.

Before his coaching career, Walsh played 11 seasons in the NFL while recording 713 completions in 1,317 pass attempts for 7,875 yards and 40 touchdowns. Walsh was selected in the first round of the NFL’s 1989 supplemental draft by the Dallas Cowboys after an outstanding collegiate career at the University of Miami.

During his time with the Hurricanes, Walsh led his team to an NCAA title as a sophomore in 1987 and was named an All-American and finished fourth in Heisman Trophy balloting the following season.