Dave Ritchie (born September 3, 1938) is a former gridiron football coach in college football, the Canadian Football League (CFL), the Italian Football League, and Switzerland Nationalliga A (American football). He is best known for his time as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach from 1999 to 2004. He is a three-time Grey Cup champion, having won in 1990, 1994, and 2006 and was named the CFL's Coach of the Year in 2001. He won 108 regular season games as a head coach in the CFL which is the seventh highest win total by a head coach in the league's history. College career Ritchie played college football as a fullback, linebacker, and punter for the Cincinnati Bearcats from 1958 to 1960. Coaching career College coaching Ritchie began his coaching career in 1962 as an assistant coach with Greenbrier Military School. He was an assistant coach with his alma mater, Cincinnati, from 1969 to 1972. He later joined the Brown Bears as an assistant coach and head recruiter. Thereafter, Ritchie was the head coach for the Fairmont State Fighting Falcons, from 1978 to 1982, where he compiled a 35–13–3 record. Montreal Concordes / Alouettes Ritchie first entered the Canadian Football League as the defensive backfield coach for the Montreal Concordes in 1983, alongside linebackers coach, Wally Buono. He continued in that role until 1987, when the renamed Alouettes folded just prior to the start of the regular season. Interlude Ritchie re-joined the Cincinnati Bearcats as an assistant coach in 1988. He then moved to Europe and was the defensive coordinator for the Milano Seamen in the Italian Football League in 1989 where the team finished with a 13–1 record and won the Italian championship. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Ritchie returned to the CFL as the defensive line coach and special teams assistant coach with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1990, a year in which the Blue Bombers won the 78th Grey Cup. In 1991, he coached the defensive backs, but the Blue Bombers lost the East Final that year. Ottawa Rough Riders Ritchie was hired by the Ottawa Rough Riders to become the team's defensive coordinator for the 1992 season. The team led the CFL in 18 of 25 defensive categories that year and finished with a non-losing record for the first time since 1983. BC Lions In 1993, Ritchie was named the head coach of the BC Lions as he took