LARRY DEAN RETIRING, JOINING SASK’S FRONT OFFICE
Larry Dean is transitioning from the football field to the front office.
The veteran linebacker retired Thursday after seven CFL seasons. But Dean will be remaining with the Saskatchewan Roughriders as the club’s player-personnel co-ordinator.
Dean, 35, is currently participating in the CFL mentorship program. The joint venture between the league and CFL Players’ Association is in its third season and provides education about pro football off the field.
The six-foot, 226-pound Dean played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2016-18), Edmonton (2019) and Roughriders (2021-23) during his CFL tenure. Before coming to Canada, Dean spent time with NFL’s Minnesota Vikings (2011-13), Buffalo Bills (2014) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2015).
A two-time CFL all-star, Dean appeared in 108 regular-season games, registering 570 tackles, 15 special-teams tackles, 11 sacks, seven interceptions and eight forced fumbles.
In 2018, he was the East Division’s top defensive player.
Dean played collegiately at Valdosta State, helping the Blazers win an NCAA Division II title in ’07 as a freshman.
(Canadian Press)
CFL mentorship program is also known as the blind leading the blind. If you’re going to get mentorship then you don’t need yet another diversity program to do so. Who is to say the mentorship is actually sound? This league is dying on the vine, nothing is innovative, and how they’ve done things is how they continue to do so. Putting your livlihood into the hands of Craig Reynods and Jeremy O’Day? O’Day received his mentorship this way. Join the Union, but make sure to tell Hoppy all that is going on behind the scenes. Jump to “management” and go… Read more »
Larry Dean was a great football player. But what the heck is a Player Personnel Coordinator? And why does the accountant have to hire EVERYBODY out there? I’d love to see an Org chart for the Roughriders organization……..just because you have money doesn’t mean you GET TO or HAVE TO spend it!! And you’re going to need that money accountant when you see the dearth of season ticket renewals……