Less than two weeks after the longtime Edmonton Eskimos linebacker announced his retirement from playing football, he’s crossing enemy lines and joining the Calgary Stampeders as the team’s new linebackers coach. Defensive co-ordinator DeVone Claybrooks left the Stamps to take over as head coach of the B.C. Lions, and the Calgary crew promoted former linebackers coach Brent Monson to take over from Claybrooks. In Sherritt, the Stampeders are getting a former player who was widely regarded as one of the league’s elite linebackers throughout his eight-year career. “(Head coach Dave Dickenson) and myself both come from the same conference in college, and obviously Bo Levi (Mitchell) is a good friend of mine.

Source: National Post January 29, 2019 02:15 UTC