WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed general manager Kyle Walters and head coach Mike O’Shea to three-year contract extensions following the team’s first playoff appearance in five years.
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“Both of these men are extremely critical to the foundation of Blue Bomber football,” Wade Miller, Bombers’ president and CEO, said in a statement Friday morning. “We are thrilled to have them continuing to build a sustaining, winning football operations department for years to come.”
Walters was hired by the Bombers in 2010 to be their special teams coordinator. He became the club’s assistant general manager in 2013 and was promoted to general manager later that season. The 43-year-old put Winnipeg in position for success last off-season by signing several big-name free agents such as Andrew Harris, Weston Dressler and Ryan Smith. The Bombers’ 11-7 record this year marked the team’s best since 2003.
O’Shea became the 30th head coach in the Bombers’ franchise history in 2013. He previously spent three seasons as the Toronto Argonauts’ special teams coordinator, winning a Grey Cup in 2012. Under O’Shea, the Bombers have racked up a 23-31 regular-season record in three years.
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