Mike Sherman is back in pro football.
The CFL's Montreal Alouettes named Sherman as their new coach Wednesday, nearly 12 years after the end of his run in the same job with the Green Bay Packers.
The Alouettes appoint Mike Sherman as head coach. #AlsMTL pic.twitter.com/3NUh5lekDL
— #AlsMTL (@MTLAlouettes) December 20, 2017
The 63-year-old has been working at a much lower level recently, spending 2015-16 as a high school coach in his native Massachusetts before resigning in the spring.
He most recently worked in the NFL as offensive coordinator for the Dolphins in 2012-13 on the heels of a mediocre four-year stint as head coach at Texas A&M, where he compiled a 25-25 record.
Sherman remains best known for his work with the Packers from 2000-05. He led Green Bay to four consecutive playoff appearances but never advanced past the second weekend in the playoffs. He was fired after going 4-12 in 2005.
Sherman steps into an unstable situation in Montreal, which is coming off a 3-15 season, hasn't reached the playoffs since 2014, and has cycled through five different head coaches (one of them getting two stints) since Marc Trestman left following the 2012 season after winning a pair of Grey Cup titles during his stint.
Sherman now joins Trestman (Toronto) and June Jones (Hamilton) as former NFL head coaches currently in the CFL ranks.
