Montreal, QC (Sports Network) – Dan Hawkins was fired as head coach of the Montreal Alouettes just five games into his first season.<\/p>\n
General manager Jim Popp will take over on the sideline.<\/p>\n
“Jim is the person most responsible for the success we have had over all these years,” said Alouettes owner Bob Wetenhall in a brief statement Thursday. “I feel confident that he is the best person to coach our team at this time and I am very appreciative of him being willing to make this additional contribution to our franchise. He has the respect of our players as well as mine.”<\/p>\n
Hawkins, best known from his time in the U.S. college ranks as head coach at Colorado and Boise State, guided Montreal to a mark of 2-3 in his short CFL tenure.<\/p>\n
The Alouettes are second in the Eastern Division, just one game behind Toronto. Montreal had lost three straight before a narrow 32-27 win over Edmonton last week.<\/p>\n
Popp is in his 18th season with the Alouettes and has built three Grey Cup championship teams (2002, 2009-10).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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