Doug Berry ( Canadian football ) Doug Berry ( born July 17 , 1948 in Claremont , New Hampshire ) is the senior advisor to the head coach of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League , Dan Hawkins . Previously , he was the offensive coordinator of the Saskatchewan Roughriders . He has also previously served as the head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers . Early years . Berry graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1973 with a degree in Recreation and Parks Administration . He did two years of active duty in the United States Army after being draft ed in 1968 . Berry spent a year and a half working in Germany as an army sergeant . After his military discharge , he became a sales manager in a small business selling stereo equipment until deciding in 1976 that he wanted to become an American football coach . College coaching career . Doug Berry began his coaching career in 1976 at the University of New Hampshire , his alma mater , before working with Penn State ' s offensive line in 1978 . During his first year at PSU , the team played in the National Collegiate Athletic Association national championship game . Berry then spent two years coaching Boston College ' s offensive line before moving on to his 17 - year stay at the University of Massachusetts Amherst . He was an assistant with the UMass Minutemen football team from 1981 to 1997 , coaching running back s , quarterback s , and the offensive line over his tenure . Berry coached the running backs at the University of Richmond in Virginia in 1998 . Berry spent only one year at Richmond before moving to Montreal , Canada to join the Alouettes in the Canadian Football League ( CFL ) . CFL coaching career . In 1999 , Berry began with the Montreal Alouettes as their offensive line coach . During this time Montreal had three players named as the CFL ' s Most Outstanding Lineman , Uzooma Okeke in 1999 , Pierre Vercheval in 2000 , and Bryan Chiu in 2002 . His O - line helped star running back Mike Pringle win the CFL ' s rushing title in 1999 and 2000 . The Alouettes won the Grey Cup in 2002 . Berry was promoted to co - offensive co - ordinator ( with Kevin Strasser ) and quarterbacks coach in 2003 . In 2003 , quarterback Anthony Calvillo posted a career - high 5 , 891 passing yards and 37 touchdowns . Calvillo set more personal bests the following year with 6 , 041 passing yards and added 5 , 556 yards to his career total . Calvillo led the league in passing yards for both the 2003 and 2004 seasons . On December 15 , 2005 , Berry signed a multi - year contract to become the 26th head coach in Winnipeg Blue Bombers history . After guiding the team to a 9 – 9 record in the 2006 CFL season , he took the Bombers to their first playoff game since 2003 , but ended up losing to the Toronto Argonauts in the East Division semi - final . After the 2006 season he was nominated for Coach of the Year , but lost to Wally Buono of the BC Lions . During the 2007 campaign , Berry ' s Bombers got off to a hot start , but struggled against division opponents in the closing weeks . As a result , the team finished one point behind the Toronto Argonauts in the East Division , despite leading in the division for much of the year , and did not earn a first round bye . However , the Blue Bombers won each of their first two playoff matchups , and earned a spot in the 95th Grey Cup . The team failed to capture the 2007 title , losing to the Saskatchewan Roughriders . The 2008 CFL season saw the Blue Bombers finish with an 8 wins , 10 losses season and a loss to the Edmonton Eskimos in the East semi - final playoff game . Berry was fired shortly after , on November 12 , 2008 . Berry spent the 2010 season as the offensive coordinator for the Saskatchewan Roughriders , but was fired after the eighth game of the 2011 season on August 19 , 2011 . On February 19 , 2013 , Berry was introduced as the senior advisor to the head coach of the Montreal Alouettes at a news conference in Montreal .