Report: Argonauts expected to request permission to speak to Tiger-Cats’ Steinhauer for head coaching position

The Toronto Argonauts’ head coaching search continues as the team is expected to request permission to speak to Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ president of football operations, Orlondo Steinauer, for the team’s vacant head coaching position. According to TSN’s Dave Naylor, other candidates of interest for Toronto include former CFL head coach and current Auburn offensive assistant Kent Austin, Montreal Alouettes’ defensive coordinator Noel Thorpe, as well as an internal candidate in quarterbacks coach Mike Miller. Steinauer began coaching in the CFL in 2011, eventually becoming the Tiger-Cats’ head coach in 2019 before fully moving into the front office in 2023. His debut head coaching season in 2019 was one of the most successful in Hamilton franchise history as he claimed the coach of the year award. Steinauer led Hamilton to a CFL-best 15-3 record, tying a league mark for wins by a first-year head coach and setting a new franchise record. The Tiger-Cats also went undefeated at home (9-0) for the first time ever and finished first overall in the CFL standings for the first time since 1998. This comes after Toronto was granted permission to speak with longtime Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ head coach Mike O’Shea, who was ultimately retained by the team.