Rick Campbell
| Ottawa Redblacks | |
| Date of birth | December 20, 1970 |
|---|---|
| Place of birth | Spokane, Washington |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Head coach |
| College | Washington State University |
| High school | Harry Ainlay High School |
| Career history | |
| As coach | |
| 1996–1998 |
Oregon Graduate assistant |
| 1999–2004 |
Edmonton Eskimos Defensive backs / special teams coordinator |
| 2005–2008 | Edmonton Eskimos Defensive coordinator |
| 2009 |
Winnipeg Blue Bombers Defensive backs / special teams coordinator |
| 2010 |
Calgary Stampeders Running backs coach |
| 2011 | Edmonton Eskimos Ass. head coach / special teams coordinator |
| 2012–2013 | Calgary Stampeders Defensive coordinator |
| 2014–present |
Ottawa Redblacks Head coach |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Rick Campbell (born December 20, 1970) is the head coach for the Ottawa Redblacks 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 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 Ottawa RedBlacks in 2016. He attended Washington State University.
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 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.
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