21 Facts About Richie Hall

Richie Hall played professionally as a Canadian football defensive back for nine seasons for the Calgary Stampeders and Saskatchewan Roughriders where he was a CFL All-Star in 1983 and a four-time divisional All-Star.

Richie Hall is a five-time Grey Cup champion, once as a player and four times as a defensive coordinator.

Richie Hall was formerly the head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos from 2009 to 2010.

Richie Hall was in a car accident as a child that catapulted him through the windshield of the car and nearly killed him, leaving him with permanent scars above his right eye.

Richie Hall was a walk on college football player at Colorado State University, where he majored in social work.

Richie Hall originally signed with the Calgary Stampeders in May 1983 and, in his rookie season, was a CFL All-Star defensive back, playing in 16 games recording four interceptions and two fumble recoveries.

Richie Hall returned 50 punts on special teams for 561 yards including one touchdown and one kickoff return for 12 yards.

Richie Hall earned West Division All-Star honours in the 1986 CFL season for his defensive work recording four sacks, eight interceptions for 116 yards, and one fumble recovery for 50 yards.

Richie Hall returned 16 punts that year for 260 yards.

Richie Hall was traded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders in May 1988 for a fourth-round pick in the 1989 CFL Draft and returned as a 1988 CFL season and 1990 CFL season West Division All-Star.

Richie Hall won his first Grey Cup championship in 1989.

In 1994, Richie Hall was hired by the Saskatchewan Roughriders to coach their defensive backfield and worked his way up to defensive coordinator by 2000.

Richie Hall gained a reputation as one of the top minds for defensive schemes in the CFL and served as Saskatchewan's defensive coordinator for eight years including the 95th Grey Cup victory for Saskatchewan in 2007.

Richie Hall interviewed for at least seven head coaching positions beginning after the 2004 CFL season and, on December 17,2008, Richie Hall was hired as the head coach for the Edmonton Eskimos, the first black head coach in the Edmonton Eskimos history.

Richie Hall has said that he wants his players to enjoy the game, work hard, appreciate everything, and take nothing for granted.

Richie Hall stated that he hoped the battle would end when,"one player outperforms the other player".

On November 12,2010, Richie Hall was fired as the Eskimos head coach after two seasons coaching the team.

On February 1,2011, it was announced that Richie Hall had rejoined the Roughriders as their defensive coordinator.

Richie Hall won his third Grey Cup following the team's victory in the 101st Grey Cup in 2013.

Richie Hall was hired as the defensive coordinator for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on January 20,2015.

On January 8,2024, it was announced that Jordan Younger had been promoted to defensive coordinator, but that Richie Hall would remain on the defensive coaching staff.