EDMONTON, Alberta -- Don Matthews, the Canadian Football
League's winningest coach, stepped down from the Edmonton Eskimos
on Monday because of illness.
Matthews, 61, was entering his third season as Eskimos' head
coach. He will be replaced by Tom Higgins, Edmonton's general
manager.
Details of Matthews' illness were not disclosed.
Matthews, a native of Amesbury, Mass., is the only four-time
winner of the CFL's coach of the year award. His 187 career
victories are the most in league history.
Matthews's career regular-season record is 173-97-1-1 over 16
seasons as a head coach. He has guided his clubs to the playoffs 14
times, amassing a 14-10 mark.
Matthews has appeared in six Grey Cup games as a head coach,
winning four. He made CFL history in 1995 when he guided the
Baltimore Stallions to the league title, the first American-based
franchise to capture the Grey Cup.
In all, Matthews has spent 21 seasons in the CFL, either as a
head coach or assistant, and his teams have qualified for
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