James Thomas Popp (born December 21, 1964) is an American sports executive and coach currently working for the United States Football League (USFL) as the Director of Player Administration. He was previously a running back coach and assistant head coach for the Alabama State Hornets. He worked extensively in the Canadian Football League, and was most recently the general manager of the Toronto Argonauts. Popp spent over two decades as General Manager of the Montreal Alouettes including several stints as Head Coach. Popp has also had roles with the Baltimore Stallions, and the Saskatchewan Roughriders. As a CFL general manager, three separate franchises under Popp have won five Grey Cup championship wins out of 11 appearances. Popp has led three separate franchises to a total of five Grey Cup championship wins (1995 with the Baltimore Stallions; 2002, 2009, 2010 with the Montreal Alouettes; 2017 with the Toronto Argonauts) and his teams have appeared in 18 Divisional Championship games and 11 Grey Cups. College career Michigan State (1983–1986) Popp earned a full athletic scholarship to Michigan State in football and baseball. He played defensive back and wide receiver during his football career under Nick Saban and Charlie Baggett. He suffered a knee injury early in his career, forcing him to change football positions and ending his baseball career. He played for the Spartans from 1983 to 1985 and was part of George Perles' first recruiting class, and was the first recruit to earn a degree and graduate in three-and-a-half years. Due to his knee injury, Popp worked for Perles at Michigan State in 1986 as a graduate assistant coach, under Saban and Baggett's tutelage. North Carolina (1987) In 1987, he accepted a Graduate Assistant job at the University of North Carolina under Dick Crum. Popp assisted both the quarterbacks and running backs for Randy Walker and Lawson Holland. The Citadel (1988–1990) During Popp's three seasons at The Citadel from 1988 to 1990, he coached multiple positions—quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receivers—under Charlie Taaffe. Alabama State (2020–2021) In 2020, Popp accepted the job as Assistant Head Coach and Running Backs Coach at Alabama State University, a member of the SWAC, reuniting him with Don Hill-Eley from the Baltimore Stallions days. The SWAC Conference moved the 2020 playing season to the spring of 2021 due to Covid-19. Popp resigned his position in the summer of 2021. North Carolina at Charlotte (2021) Popp joined