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Name
  
Jim Popp


Role
  
Coach

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Date of birth
  
(1964-12-21) December 21, 1964 (age 50)

Position(s)
  
Vice President, General Manager, Head Coach, Director of Football Operations, Director of Player Personnel

College
  
Michigan State University

High school
  
Mooresville High School, Mooresville, NC

1992–1993
  
Saskatchewan Roughriders (Wide Receiver Coach / Director of Player Personnel)

Profiles

Twitter

Place of birth
  
Elkin, North Carolina

Education
  
Michigan State University

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James Popp (born December 21, 1964) is the general manager of the Toronto Argonauts football club of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He had previously coached and served as GM of the Montreal Alouettes.

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Popp has won four Grey Cups (1995 with the Baltimore Stallions; 2002, 2009, and 2010 with the Montreal Alouettes) and his teams have appeared in 10 Grey Cups.

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Montreal Alouettes

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Popp was named general manager and director of player personnel of the CFL’s Baltimore Stallions in 1994. After two Grey Cup appearances (including one championship), the team was forced out of Baltimore when the original Cleveland Browns NFL franchise relocated to Baltimore as the Baltimore Ravens. Stallions owner Jim Speros knew that the Stallions could not compete with an NFL team even though they'd been successful in Baltimore. Ultimately, he decided to relocate his team to Montreal as the third incarnation of the Alouettes.

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Popp stayed on as general manager, but found himself having to rebuild the team from almost nothing. While the Alouettes were allowed to reclaim the legacy of the original 1946-86 Alouettes, they were not allowed to keep their history as the Stallions. However, while all of the Stallions players were released from their contracts, Popp re-signed most of the key players from that team.

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The Alouettes have been in eight Grey Cup Championships during Popp’s tenure (2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010), capturing the title three times (2002, 2009 and 2010).

Coaching career

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During the 2001 season, Popp took over the team after he and owner Robert Wetenhall fired Rod Rust in the midst of a long losing streak. On October 4, 2006, following the resignation of Don Matthews due to health reasons, Popp again took over as head coach and led the Alouettes to an appearance in the 2006 Grey Cup. Popp continued leading the Alouettes during the 2007 season as well, a rebuilding year which saw the team play with 23 rookies and without their starting quarterback for half the season. Following the 2007 season, Popp decided to step away from the coaching ranks when he hired former NFL coach Marc Trestman as the new head coach of the Alouettes. On August 1, 2013, Popp returned to the sideline after the firing of new head coach Dan Hawkins and was interim head coach for the remainder of the 2013 season. For 2014, Tom Higgins was hired as the Alouettes' head coach and Popp returned to general manager duties full-time. On August 21, 2015, Alouettes ownership relieved Tom Higgins of his coaching duties and brought general manager Popp to the bench for the fourth time. Jim Popp continued on as the head coach for the 2016 CFL season. The first 13 weeks of the season proved to be very tumultuous for the Al's both on the field and in the locker room. Jim Popp only managed to coach Montreal to victories in 3 of first 12 games before relinquishing his responsibilities as head coach to Jacques Chapdelaine who had been serving as a wide receivers coach and special assistant to the offensive coordinator.

Front office executive

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Under Popp’s guidance, his teams have reached the playoffs for 20 consecutive seasons, advancing to the Divisional Championship game 15 times. Popp’s teams have appeared in 10 Grey Cup championship games, winning the Grey Cup four times.

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In January 2012, Popp was a finalist for the vacant Indianapolis Colts General Manager position.

On November 7, 2016, Popp was relieved of his duties as the General Manager of the team.

Popp was hired as the General Manager of the Toronto Argonauts on February 28, 2017.

Career highlights

The 2009 and 2010 Alouettes back-to-back Grey Cup championships were the first back-to-back CFL titles in 13 years. Popp’s teams have been some of the most successful in CFL history.

  • The only team to ever win 18 games in a CFL season (Baltimore Stallions - including the final 13 in-a-row)
  • One of three teams in CFL history to have ever won 12 or more games in six consecutive seasons.
  • Popp is the only General Manager to have won 12 or more games in seven consecutive seasons.

    • Personal life

    Popp and his wife Kimberly have six children and reside in Mooresville, North Carolina. Popp credits much of his success on the field to his family, especially his father Joe, a former NFL and college coach. Jim and his father share the privilege of being members of the Mooresville (NC) High School Hall of Fame, whose football stadium is named in Joe’s honor (Coach Joe Popp Stadium).

    Awards

    Popp was named 2011 Sports Executive of the Year by Sports Media Canada.

    References

    Jim Popp Wikipedia
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