Former Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach Paul LaPolice looks on from the sideline during the first half of their CFL football game against the Toronto Argonauts in Toronto September 24, 2011. The Blue Bombers announced on Dec. 7, 2015, that LaPolice will return to the team as offensive co-ordinator.MIKE CASSESE/Reuters
Paul LaPolice is heading back to Winnipeg.
The former Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach has been hired by the team as its new offensive co-ordinator.
The Blue Bombers tweeted a 19-second video Monday night depicting LaPolice and head coach Mike O'Shea signing a contract and shaking hands.
"Fire it up," LaPolice says in the video after being introduced as the new offensive co-ordinator by O'Shea.
The 45-year-old LaPolice served as Winnipeg's head coach from 2010 to 2012. He compiled a 16-28 record during that time.
He will replace Marcel Bellefeuille, whose contract was not renewed by the Bombers following the 2015 season.
LaPolice first broke into the CFL as a receivers coach with the Toronto Argonauts in 2000 before joining the Bombers as an offensive co-ordinator and quarterbacks, receivers and running backs coach two years later. He also worked as a receivers coach with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Saskatchewan Roughriders.
LaPolice has worked as a CFL broadcaster since 2012.
Winnipeg finished fourth in the West division with a 5-13 record last season.