Rick Campbell

On December 2, 2019, Campbell was announced as the head coach for the BC Lions.

Campbell's second season saw a vast improvement as the Redblacks went from 2-16 in their inaugural season to a 12-6 record, which included clinching the franchise's first ever playoff berth. The Redblacks would also clinch a first round bye and home field advantage in the CFL East Division Finals. Under Campbell's tutelage, the Redblacks became the first Ottawa-based CFL team to have a winning record since 1979, along with being the first Ottawa-based CFL team to finish first in the East Division since 1978 and the first Ottawa-based team ever to finish with 12 regular season wins. Campbell won the Annis Stukus Trophy as the CFL's Coach of the Year on November 26, 2015. This special occasion also marked the first time in CFL history that both a father and son each won the award. Campbell guided the Redblacks to the 103rd Grey Cup game, in which the team fell 26-20 to the Edmonton Eskimos.

Campbell got his first opportunity to become a head coach, as he was named the first head coach in the history of the Ottawa Redblacks franchise. Campbell returned to his hometown for the first time as a CFL head coach on July 11, 2014 when the Redblacks played the Eskimos. The Eskimos would go on to defeat the Redblacks 27-11 in that game. Campbell won his first game as a CFL head coach on July 17, 2014 when the Redblacks defeated the Toronto Argonauts, 18-17. Despite the initial momentum, Campbell's team finished their inaugural season at 2-16, which was the worst record in the CFL.

Campbell moved to Ottawa, shortly after his appointment as the Redblacks head coach. Despite spending the majority of his life in Canada, Campbell became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 2011.

Campbell's Redblacks returned to form in his fifth season, winning their third divisional title in four years. The Redblacks defeated the Tiger-Cats in the East Final, before getting defeated by the Calgary Stampeders who were making their third consecutive Grey Cup appearance in the 106th Grey Cup game.

Campbell was highly sought after as a coaching prospect, following his stint at the University of Oregon. When Kay Stephenson, the head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos at the time, asked his father Hugh for permission to hire him, he was denied. Upon being asked by Don Matthews to appoint him to the coaching staff, fearing a backlash in the media, the elder Campbell reluctantly agreed. Campbell served as the team's special teams and defensive coach under both Don Matthews and Tom Higgins, earning a Grey Cup ring in 2003. Campbell served in those capacities until 2004, when he was promoted to defensive coordinator, under new head coach Danny Maciocia. Campbell earned his second Grey Cup ring in 2005, and stayed on in that position until 2008.

Campbell was born in Spokane, when his father, Hugh was the head coach of the football team at Whitworth College. As a result of his father's coaching career, Campbell grew up in Spokane, Edmonton, Los Angeles and Houston, before returning to Edmonton. Campbell was a high school football star at Harry Ainlay High School. Following his high school graduation, Campbell attended Washington State University, majoring in education before serving as the secondary and special teams coach for the University of Oregon Ducks as a graduate assistant from 1996 to 1998.

Campbell's third season saw the team regress to an 8-9-1 record, but earned a dubious distinction of being the first division champion to win with a sub .500 record. Campbell guided the Redblacks franchise to their first Grey Cup championship, defeating the Calgary Stampeders 39-33 in overtime in the 104th Grey Cup. The victory was the first by an Ottawa franchise since the Ottawa Rough Riders won in 1976.

Rick Campbell (born December 20, 1970) is an American-born Canadian football head coach for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He was the Calgary Stampeders' defensive coordinator from 2012 to 2013 and was also an assistant coach with the Edmonton Eskimos and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He then served as the head coach for the Ottawa Redblacks for six seasons. He is a three-time Grey Cup champion, once as the special teams coordinator with the Eskimos in 2003, again with the Eskimos as the defensive coordinator in 2005, and once as the head coach of the Redblacks in 2016. He attended Washington State University.