Winnipeg Blue Bombers extend head coach O’Shea, GM Walters to 2028

Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea speaks to the media about the 2024 Grey Cup loss to the Toronto Argonauts. (Mike Sudoma, CityNews)

Posted November 17, 2025 12:47 pm.

Last Updated November 17, 2025 12:48 pm.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have extended general manager Kyle Walters and head coach Mike O’Shea for three years.

The pair’s new contracts will run through the 2028 Canadian Football League season.

O’Shea, the CFL’s longest-serving head coach, and Walters will be entering their 12th seasons with the Blue Bombers, having joined the franchise in 2013, just a week apart.

Canadian Mafia assembled ????

GM Kyle Walters and head coach Mike O’Shea have signed three-year extensions which will run through the 2028 @CFL season.#ForTheW pic.twitter.com/PsHfjMIuxT
— Winnipeg Blue Bombers (@Wpg_BlueBombers) November 17, 2025

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