29 Facts About Jim Popp

James Thomas Popp was born on December 21,1964 and is an American sports executive and coach.

Jim Popp is Vice President, Player Personnel, for the United States Football League.

In 2021, Jim Popp was Chief of Staff, Advisor to the Head Coach for the Charlotte 49ers football and a running back coach and assistant head coach for the Alabama State Hornets.

Jim Popp worked extensively in the Canadian Football League, and was most recently the general manager of the Toronto Argonauts.

Jim Popp spent over two decades as General Manager of the Montreal Alouettes including several stints as Head Coach.

Jim Popp served as General Manager for two years for Baltimore Stallions, and the Director of Player Personnel for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Jim Popp has led three separate franchises to a total of five Grey Cup championship wins and his teams have appeared in 18 Divisional Championship games and 11 Grey Cups.

Jim Popp served as General Manager for 21 years with the Montreal Alouettes, one of the longest stints as a General Manager in sports.

In 2011, Jim Popp was named Canada's Sports Executive of the Year.

Jim Popp earned a full athletic scholarship to Michigan State in football and baseball.

Jim Popp played defensive back and wide receiver during his football career under Nick Saban and Charlie Baggett.

Jim Popp suffered a knee injury early in his career, forcing him to change football positions and ending his baseball career.

Jim Popp played for the Spartans from 1983 to 1985 and was part of George Perles' first recruiting class, and was the first recruit to earn a degree and graduate in three-and-a-half years.

Jim Popp assisted both the quarterbacks and running backs for Randy Walker and Lawson Holland.

In 2020, Jim Popp accepted the job as Assistant Head Coach and Running Backs Coach at Alabama State University, a member of the SWAC, reuniting him with Don Hill-Eley from the Baltimore Stallions days.

Jim Popp joined Will Healy's staff at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte as Chief of Staff and Advisor to the Head Coach for the fall 2021 campaign.

Jim Popp has joined the newly formed United States Football League.

Jim Popp has been named Vice President, Player Personnel and has served as Director of Player Administration.

Jim Popp reached the East Division Championship 15 out of 21 seasons, the Grey Cup eight times, three of which ended in victory.

Jim Popp led the Alouettes to five consecutive seasons of 12 or more victories; the Alouettes are one of only three teams in CFL history to have accomplished that feat.

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

Jim Popp had traded for prospect James Franklin from the Edmonton Eskimos in the off-season, with the hopes of him being the successor to Ray.

Jim Popp hired Corey Chamblin, the defensive coordinator during the Argos' 2017 championship season to be the head coach in for the next year.

However, the 2019 season again saw the team struggle, with Jim Popp fired as GM prior to the season ending.

The majority of Jim Popp's head coaching career in the Canadian Football League has been as an interim head coach.

On October 4,2006, following the resignation of Don Matthews for health reasons, Jim Popp again took over as head coach and led the Alouettes to an appearance in the 2006 Grey Cup.

Jim Popp continued coaching the Alouettes during the 2007 season as well, until Trestman was hired for 2008.

Tom Higgins was named Alouettes' head coach for 2014, although he too was fired during the 2015 season, and Jim Popp returned to coaching for the fourth time.

Jim Popp continued as the head coach for part of the 2016 CFL season before stepping back as strictly the General Manager.