Long-serving assistant football coach taking over U of M Bisons

Stan Pierre has been named the new head coach of the University of Manitoba Bisons football team.

The University of Manitoba Bisons is looking inward for its next football coach.

The team announced Friday that Stan Pierre, assistant head coach and long-time defensive coordinator for the team, will take over for Brian Dobie next season. Pierre has been with the Bisons for 27 years.

“I am honored and thrilled to be named the next head football coach at the University of Manitoba,” Pierre said in a statement.

“I am grateful for the opportunity to mentor the young men and women in our program as they strive to achieve their goals in academics and athletics.”

In a news release, Dobie called Pierre one of the best football coaches and minds in Canada.

“Our partnership over three decades has built this program to where it is now,” Dobie said. “Stan is exactly the leader to continue to move Bisons football upward and forward.”

Pierre, a Canada West All-Star with the Bisons in 1991, started coaching as a linebackers coach in 1998. He was promoted to defensive coordinator the next year, and has been assistant head coach since 2005.