Mike O'Shea (Canadian football)

Mike O'Shea
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
	O'Shea at the Blue Bombers 2021 Grey Cup celebration in Winnipeg
Nickname(s)	"Osh"
Born:	September 21, 1970 (age 53); North Bay, Ontario
Career information
CFL status	National
Position(s)	Head coach
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	228 lb (103 kg)
University	Guelph
High school	Widdifield
CFL draft	1993, Round: 1, Pick: 4
Drafted by	Edmonton Eskimos
Career history
As coach
2010–2013	Toronto Argonauts (STC)
2014–present	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (HC)
As player
1993–1995	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1996	Detroit Lions*
1996–1999	Toronto Argonauts
2000	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
2001–2008	Toronto Argonauts
	*Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
	6x Grey Cup champion (1996, 1997, 2004, 2012, 2019, 2021); CFL Most Outstanding Rookie (1993); CFL Most Outstanding Canadian (1999); 2x CFL Coach of the Year (2021, 2022); All-Time Argos Team (MLB);
CFL All-Star	1999
CFL East All-Star	1994, 1999, 2000 CFL North Division All-Star (1995);
Career stats
	Playing stats at CFL.ca (archive);
	Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 2017;

Michael O'Shea (born September 21, 1970) is the head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a former Canadian football linebacker and former special teams coordinator of the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL from 2010 to 2013, winning the Grey Cup in 2012. O'Shea played 16 seasons in the CFL for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts from 1993 to 2008. He retired second all-time in career tackles with 1,154 and is one of only three players to record over 1,000 tackles. He won the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award in 1999 after recording 84 tackles, 13 special teams tackles and three interceptions that year. O'Shea is a three-time Grey Cup champion as a player, having won all three with the Argonauts in 1996, 1997, and 2004. He is also a two-time Grey Cup winning head coach, having won with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2019 and 2021; O'Shea also won the Grey Cup previously as a special teams coach with the Toronto Argonauts in the 100th Grey Cup.