The Saskatchewan Roughriders are pleased to announce the Roughriders’ Coaching and Football Operations staff for the 2025 Canadian Football League season.    

New additions for the 2025 campaign are Travis Brown (Linebackers) and Josh Donnelly (Offensive Assistant). The remaining members of the 2024 Coaching and Football Operations Staff will continue in their roles for the 2025 season.   

Travis Brown  

Linebackers Coach  

Brown joins the Roughriders for his eighth season coaching CFL linebackers. He spent the previous six seasons with the B.C. Lions (2019-24), where under his leadership linebackers Bo Lokombo and Jordan Williams won the CFL’s Most Outstanding Canadian Award (2021) and Most Outstanding Rookie Award (2021) respectively. Before joining the B.C. Lions, Brown spent two years as the linebackers coach of the Edmonton Elks (2018-19) coaching J.C. Sherritt, who earned 100 tackles in his final season as a player in 2018, and current Roughriders Player Personnel Coordinator Larry Dean, who was the Elks unanimous nominee for Most Outstanding Defensive Player in 2019. After playing two seasons with the Ottawa REDBLACKS, Brown transitioned to coaching the linebackers at his alma mater, Fresno State, for two seasons (2017-18).  

Josh Donnelly  

Offensive Assistant  

Josh Donnelly joins the Roughriders after spending the last two seasons as a coach for the University of Regina Rams. Donnelly began coaching at the U of R in 2023 as the Pass Game Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach. Under Donnelly, quarterback Owen Sieben was named the Canada West Rookie of the Year. In 2024, Donnelly was promoted to offensive coordinator and helped lead the Rams to a Hardy Cup and an at-home national semi-final appearance (Mitchell Bowl). 

Full biographies of all Roughriders Coaches and Football Operations Staff can be found here. 

Football Operations 

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