Alouettes hire NFL veteran as defensive coordinator
Veteran NFL assistant coach Bob Slowik has been hired as the Montreal Alouettes’ defensive coordinator, the CFL team announced on Tuesday.
Slowik worked with Alouettes head coach Mike Sherman with the Green Bay Packers from 2001-04, when Sherman was the Packers’ general manager and head coach.
“Bob Slowik epitomizes what a good football coach is all about: passion, attention to details, and he cares about his players,” Sherman said in a release.
“He has a lot of experience and he already knows our playbook as he’s been studying it during the off-season. We say that good people make good coaches, and Bob is both of those.”
Slowik, 64, was an NFL coach from 1992 to 2013. He was also an Alouettes guest coach during the 2018 season. During his 21 years of coaching, his teams qualified for the playoffs eight times.
He began his coaching career in the NFL with a Super Bowl win as a defensive assistant with the Dallas Cowboys in 1992. He then joined the Chicago Bears as a defensive coordinator.
After six seasons with the Bears, Slowik joined the Cleveland Browns for one season before joining Sherman in Green Bay in 2000.
Sherman and Slowik helped the Packers win three consecutive division championships.
The Pittsburgh native also coached in the NFL with Denver and Washington.