Hugh Campbell

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Hugh Campbell

No. 31
Date of birth	(1941-05-21) May 21, 1941
Place of birth	Saratoga, California
Career information
CFL status	International
Position(s)	WR
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg)
College	Washington State
NFL draft	1963 / Round: 4 / Pick: 50
Drafted by	San Francisco 49ers
Career history
As administrator
1986–1997	Edmonton Eskimos (GM)
1998–2006	Edmonton Eskimos (President/CEO)
As coach
1977–1982	Edmonton Eskimos
1983	Los Angeles Express (USFL)
1984–1985	Houston Oilers (NFL)
As player
1963–1967	Saskatchewan Roughriders
1969	Saskatchewan Roughriders
Career highlights and awards
Grey Cup champion (1966, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1993, 2003, 2005)
CFL All-Star	1965, 1966
CFL West All-Star	1964, 1965, 1966, 1969
Awards	1979 Annis Stukus Trophy
Career stats
Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 2000

Hugh Campbell (born May 21, 1941) is a former American football and Canadian football player, coach, and executive. He served as a head coach in three different professional gridiron football leagues: the Canadian Football League (CFL), the United States Football League (USFL) and the National Football League (NFL). Campbell retired as the CEO of the Edmonton Eskimos of the CFL in 2006. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2000.

College career

Campbell played wide receiver at Washington State University from 1959 to 1962. During that time he appeared in the Hula Bowl, the College All-Star game, the Coaches All-America game and the East-West Shrine Bowl. Campbell snagged most outstanding player honours in the Coaches and the Shrine Bowl games. He was also awarded the 1961 W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy as the outstanding football player on the Pacific Coast. During his Cougar career he was teamed with fellow CFL Hall of Famer George Reed.

Professional playing career

Campbell joined the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1963 and "Gluey Hughy", as he became known, was a key element of their Grey Cup winning team in 1966. Campbell quit the Roughriders in 1968 to take a position as assistant coach at Washington State but returned for a final year with the Roughriders in 1969. In his six CFL seasons, Campbell caught 321 passes for an average gain of 16.9 yards per reception and scored 60 touchdowns, including 17 TD receptions in 1966. Campbell received western conference all-star honours as a flanker in 1964, 1965, 1966 and 1969. He was a CFL all-star in 1965 and 1966.

Coaching and administrative career

Campbell retired as a player after the 1969 season to take up a head coaching job at Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington. During his seven-year tenure as coach, Campbell revived Whitworth's moribund football program and was named conference coach of the year three times.

In 1977, Campbell was named head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos. He took the Eskimos to the Grey Cup that first year but lost 41–6 in a blowout on an icy field against the Montreal Alouettes. It was the last Grey Cup championship game coach Campbell would lose as the Eskimos won the next five Grey Cup games, from 1978 through 1982. Following the 1982 season, Campbell left to become the head coach of the USFL's Los Angeles Express. After one season, the Houston Oilers who were bidding for the services of Warren Moon, hired him to become their head coach and help improve their chances of signing the coveted free agent. He served as head coach of the Oilers for the 1984 and 1985 seasons. In 1986 he returned to the Eskimos as the team's general manager. After 20 years as the head of the Eskimos organization, Campbell announced his retirement effective the end of 2006.

Personal

Campbell and his wife Louise have four children, daughters Molly, Jill and Robin and son, Rick, who currently serves as the head coach of the Ottawa Redblacks.

Head coaching record

CFL and NFL

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
		Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Result
EDM	1977	10	6	0	.625	1st in West Division	1	1	Lost in Grey Cup
EDM	1978	10	4	2	.688	1st in West Division	2	0	Won Grey Cup
EDM	1979	12	2	2	.813	1st in West Division	2	0	Won Grey Cup
EDM	1980	13	3	0	.813	1st in West Division	2	0	Won Grey Cup
EDM	1981	14	1	1	.906	1st in West Division	2	0	Won Grey Cup
EDM	1982	11	5	0	.688	1st in West Division	2	0	Won Grey Cup
EDM Total		70	21	5	.755	6 West Division Championships	11	1	5 Grey Cups
HOU	1984	3	13	0	.188	4th in AFC Central	-	-
HOU	1985	5	9	0	.357	4th in AFC Central	-	-
HOU Total		8	22	0	.267	0 Division Championships	0	0	0 Super Bowls
Total		78	43	5	.639	5 Division Championships	11	1	5 Grey Cups

References

• Dick Sparrer, 'Gluey Hughy' grabs a spot in Los Gatos Hall of Fame, Los Gatos Weekly Times, 28 April 2004.
• Graham Kelly, The Grey Cup (1999)
• CFL Facts, Figures and Records (1986)
• Canadian Football Hall of Fame profile
• Edmonton Eskimos homepage