Michael Lionello

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Michael Lionello
Montreal Alouettes
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Lionello with the Alouettes in 2022
Born:1991 (age 3233) [1]
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Career information
Position(s) Receivers coach
University Victoria
High school South Delta Secondary
Career history
As administrator
2014–2015 Simon Fraser Clan
(Director of football operations)
(Recruiting co-coordinator)
As coach
2015 Simon Fraser Clan
(Running backs coach)
2016 BC Lions
(Quality control coach)
20172018 BC Lions
(Running backs coach)
2019 Toronto Argonauts
(Running backs coach)
20202021 Montreal Alouettes
(Offensive assistant)
2022–presentMontreal Alouettes
(Receivers coach)
Career highlights and awards

Michael Lionello is a Canadian professional football coach who is the receivers coach for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a Grey Cup champion after winning with the Alouettes in 2023.

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Early life

Lionello grew up in Delta, British Columbia and played high school football at South Delta Secondary in his senior year. [1] He later attended the University of Victoria. [1]

Coaching career

Simon Fraser Clan

Lionello began his coaching career with the Simon Fraser Clan in 2013 after emailing head coach Dave Johnson and offering assistance with the team. [1] In 2014, he served as the team's director of football operations and in 2015, he added the titles of running backs coach, recruiting co-coordinator, and video coordinator. [2]

BC Lions

Lionello joined the coaching staff of BC Lions as their quality control coach on March 8, 2016. [1] He was promoted to running backs coach in 2017 and served in that role for two seasons. [3] He was not retained for the 2019 season by the team's new head coach, DeVone Claybrooks. [4]

Toronto Argonauts

On March 26, 2019, it was announced that Lionello had joined the Toronto Argonauts as the team's running backs coach, reuniting him with former SFU head coach, Jacques Chapdelaine, who was the team's offensive coordinator. [5] After a disappointing season for the team, Lionello was not retained for 2020.

Montreal Alouettes

On January 9, 2020, it was announced that Lionello had been hired as an offensive assistant for the Montreal Alouettes, replacing the fired Barron Miles. [6] However, he did not coach in 2020 following the cancellation of the 2020 CFL season. On May 11, 2022, he was promoted to receivers coach for the team. [3] [7] He won his first Grey Cup championship in 2023 after the Alouettes defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 110th Grey Cup game. [8]

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