Paul LaPolice Paul LaPolice is a football coach , most recently with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League . He was fired as their head coach on August 25 , 2012 . Early life and education . LaPolice is a Native of Nashua , New Hampshire where he attended Nashua High School and earned his bachelor of Science in physical education from Plymouth State College in 1994 where he was played Wide Receiver . Coaching career . Early Coaching career . He broke into the coaching ranks in 1993 at Maine Maritime Academy where he served as the Receivers and Tight Ends coach on a 9 - 1 team that won the NEFC and ECAC championship . The next year he was the Receivers Coach at Western Connecticut State University . He left to become the Receivers Coach at the University of New Hampshire for the next two seasons ( 1995 - 1996 ) . In 1997 , He was named the QB ' s & Receivers coach at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute . The following year he was promoted to Offensive Coordinator where his offenses broke 21 offensive school records in two seasons ( 1998 - 1999 ) . In 1998 tailback Krishaun Gilmore was named UCAA and ECAC Player of the Year and a first Team all american selection under LaPolice . The next year Quarterback Matt Robbens was also named UCAA and ECAC Player of the Year making the second in two years under LaPolice , as he led Rensselear to an undefeated regular season . Canadian Football League . LaPolice entered the CFL in 2000 when Toronto Argonauts head coach John Huard hired him to become the team ' s receivers coach . He spent two years in this capacity until he joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and became their offensive coordinator / quarterbacks , receivers and running backs coach . The club set 14 offensive team records in 2002 , including Khari Jones throwing for a team record 46 touchdown s and slotback Milt Stegall catching a league - record 23 touchdown passes and being named the CFL ' s Most Outstanding Player . The offense faltered with a struggling Khari Jones in 2003 and LaPolice was let go at the conclusion of the season . In 2004 he joined the Hamilton Tiger - Cats as the team ' s receivers coach and stayed with the team for two years until rejoining the Toronto Argonauts , again , as the receivers coach . After former Argos ' offensive coordinator Kent Austin was hired as head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders , LaPolice joined him as that team ' s receivers coach . After Austin left the team and Roughrider offensive coordinator Ken Miller was promoted to head coach , LaPolice was , in turn , promoted to offensive coordinator in 2008 . The Riders finished 12 - 6 in 2008 and lost in the 1st round of the playoffs . In 2009 , The Riders first 1st in the West for the 1st time in 33 years , won the West Final and lost in the Grey Cup Final to the Montreal Alouettes on the last play . LaPolice ' s offense finished 2nd in Scoring and in TD ' s scored as he helped 1st year starting QB Darian Durant to a Western Division All Star nod at QB . After serving in that capacity for the 2008 and 2009 seasons , LaPolice was hired as the 28th head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers . CFL Head Coach . In just his 2nd year as Head Coach , LaPolice Winnipeg to the 99th Grey Cup after orchestrating one of the biggest turnarounds in CFL History . LaPolice took a team that finished 4 - 14 the year before and led them to a 10 - 8 record and 1st place in the East Division for the 1st time since 2001 . He was named a finalist for the CFL Coach of the Year in 2011 . LaPolice was give a contract extension in March 2012 . He was relieved of coaching duties on August 25 , 2012 . Media . TSN hired LaPolice to be an on air football analyst in November 2012 .