Saskatchewan Roughriders Announce Complete Coaching Staff for 2024

Edwin Harrison has spent the last two seasons coaching the running backs and was run game coordinator for the Toronto Argonauts. Harrison helped A.J. Ouellette rush for over 1,000 yards last season. He’s won two Grey Cups in his career in 2014 as a player and 2022 as a coach.

Marquay McDaniel joined the CFL as a coach in 2019 starting with the Montreal Alouettes. In 2021, he joined the Calgary Stampeders coaching their wide receivers. McDaniel was a former wide receiver in the CFL for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Stampeders, being named a CFL All-Star in 2013 and won a Grey Cup with Calgary in 2014.

Anthony Vitale remains on the staff for Saskatchewan after coaching the offensive line last season. Vitale has coached for over 10 seasons in college and the CFL. His other CFL stop was one season with the Edmonton Elks.

Josh Bell was on the Calgary coaching staff from 2018 through the 2020 season working with defensive backs and the passing game. In 2021, he joined the Argos coaching staff in the same capacity winning two Grey Cups. Bell was a former NFL and CFL player winning both the Super Bowl and a Grey Cup. 

Phillip Daniels was a defensive assistant for four years with the Philadelphia Eagles and ran the defensive line for the team in 2019. Daniels won a Super Bowl with the Eagles during his time there. His most recent stop was with the Houston Gamblers of the USFL. He played 201 games in the NFL with three different teams recording 62 sacks.

J.C. Sherritt has spent the last four seasons being an assistant coach in college football with his most recent stop with Washington State last season as a defensive analyst. Sherritt also coached Cal Poly and Auburn. His most recent CFL coaching job was with the Stampeders coaching their linebackers in 2019. 

Jordan Linnen flips to the defensive side of the ball after coaching the Edmonton Elks’ running backs the last two seasons. Linnen was coaching in the college ranks for four seasons at Simon Fraser University coaching their defensive backs and was a recruiting coordinator. He was a CFL player for the BC Lions and the Montreal Alouettes.

Jeff Higgins is coming off a three-season run as head coach for the Orlando Predators in arena football. Higgins has also been a coach for the FCS Bowl from 2020 through 2023 and the SPIRAL Tropical Bowl in the college ranks. He has over 20 years as an assistant and head coach.