Marcel Desjardins
Assistant to the General Manager
and Player Personnel
Desjardins returned to the Alouettes in January 2024 after being away from the organization since 2012. He started with the Alouettes in 1999 and served as assistant general manager from 2002 to 2006, winning his first Grey Cup with the Alouettes in 2002. Desjardins was named general manager of the Hamilton Tiger Cats but returned to Montreal as assistant general manager in 2008 until 2012. He won two more Grey Cups with the Alouettes in 2009 and 2010.
After the 2012 season, Desjardins left the Als to become general manager of the Ottawa REDBLACKS, with whom he won his fourth Grey Cup in 2016. In nine seasons in Ottawa, he guided the team to three Grey Cup appearances.