Coaching and Administrative Career
Campbell retired as a player after the 1969 season to take up a head coaching job at Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington. During his seven-year tenure as coach, Campbell revived Whitworth's moribund football program and was named conference coach of the year three times.
In 1977, Campbell was named head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos. He took the Eskimos to the Grey Cup that first year but lost 41–6 in a blowout on an icy field against the Montreal Alouettes. It was the last Grey Cup championship game coach Campbell would lose as the Eskimos won the next five Grey Cup games, from 1978 through 1982. Following the 1982 season, Campbell left to become the head coach of the USFL's Los Angeles Express. After one season, he would move to the NFL where he served as head coach of the Houston Oilers for the 1984 and 1985 seasons. In 1986 he returned to the Eskimos as the team's general manager. After 20 years as the head of the Eskimos organization, Campbell announced his retirement effective the end of 2006.
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