Byron Archambault

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Byron Archambault
Montreal Alouettes
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Archambault with the Alouettes in 2022
Born: (1990-10-18) October 18, 1990 (age 33)
Montreal, Quebec
Career information
StatusActive
CFL status National
Position(s) Special teams coordinator
Linebackers coach
Director of player personnel
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight236 lb (107 kg)
University Montreal
CFL Draft 2015 / Round: 2 / Pick: 17
Drafted by Montreal Alouettes
Career history
As administrator
2020 Montreal Alouettes
(Director of national scouting)
2021–presentMontreal Alouettes
(Director of player personnel)
As coach
2017–2019 Montreal Carabins
(Special teams coordinator / linebackers coach)
2021 Montreal Alouettes
(Defensive assistant)
2022–presentMontreal Alouettes
(Special teams coordinator / linebackers coach)
As player
2015–2016 Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Career highlights and awards
Honors First Team All-Canadian (2014)
Career stats

Byron Archambault (born October 18, 1990) is a former professional gridiron football linebacker and is the special teams coordinator, linebackers coach, and director of player personnel for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

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University career

After initially committing to play for the Western Mustangs, a break-in at his family home convinced him to play CIS football in his hometown with the Montreal Carabins for head coach Danny Maciocia. [1] He played for the Carabins from 2011 to 2014 where he was named a CIS First Team All-Canadian and the RSEQ Defensive Player of the Year in 2014. In the 50th Vanier Cup game, played in Montreal in 2014, Archambault recorded three solo tackles, one assisted tackle, and one fumble recovery in the Carabins' 20–19 victory over the McMaster Marauders, which was the first national championship in program history. [2]

Professional career

Archambault was drafted in the second round, 17th overall, in the 2015 CFL Draft by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and signed with the team on May 26, 2015. [3] [4] He made the team following training camp and made his professional debut on June 26, 2015, against the Calgary Stampeders. [5] He played in the team's first nine games until he tore his ACL while running downfield on a kickoff in a game against the Montreal Alouettes on August 27, 2015. [6] He returned to his hometown, Montreal, for rehabilitation and returned to play almost exactly one year later on August 28, 2016, where he had one special teams tackle against the Stampeders. [5] [6] However, he became injured again and was transferred to the six-game injured list on September 1, 2016, where he finished the 2016 season. [7] He retired from the CFL in the following off-season and formally submitted his retirement documentation on April 10, 2017. [8]

Coaching and football operations career

Montreal Carabins

After informing the Tiger-Cats that he would not return to playing, Archambault joined the Montreal Carabins as the team's special teams coordinator and linebackers coach for the 2017 season. [9] In his third season as a coach with the team, the Carabins won the Dunsmore Cup and played in the 55th Vanier Cup, but lost the championship to the Calgary Dinos.

Montreal Alouettes

After the Carabins former head coach, Danny Maciocia, was hired by the Montreal Alouettes to become the team's general manager, Archambault was hired as the Alouettes' director of national scouting on February 13, 2020. [10] The 2020 CFL season was cancelled and he became the team's director of player personnel in 2021. [1] Midway through the 2021 season, Archambault joined the team's coaching staff as a defensive assistant coach on September 28, 2021, following the dismissal of defensive line coach, Todd Howard. [11] For the 2022 season, he was promoted to linebackers coach. [12] Just one week prior to the opening of 2022 training camp, he received another job title as he was named the team's special teams coordinator following the departure of Jeff Reinebold. [12] In early December 2022 it was reported that Archambault was one of five finalists for the vacant Alouettes head coaching job. [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Byron Archambault ready for new challenge as special teams coordinator". Montreal Alouettes. May 11, 2022.
  2. ↑ "McMaster at Montreal boxscore". U Sports. November 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Hamilton Tiger-Cats Season Preview". TSN. June 19, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Transactions – Football player trades and signings". Canadian Football League . Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Byron Archambault". Canadian Football League . Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Archambault finally ready to return for Ticats". The Hamilton Spectator. August 26, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Transactions – Football player trades and signings". Canadian Football League . Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Transactions – Football player trades and signings". Canadian Football League . Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Byron Archambault devient coordonnateur des unités" (in French). La Presse. January 30, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Alouettes hire former Ticats Canadian linebacker Byron Archambault as director of national scouting". 3DownNation. February 13, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Byron Archambault". Canadian Football League. September 28, 2021.
  12. 1 2 "Byron Archambault". Montreal Alouettes. May 9, 2022.
  13. ↑ 3Down Staff (2022-12-08). "Anthony Calvillo, Jason Maas among five finalists for Montreal Alouettes' head coaching job". 3DownNation. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
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