Ron Lancaster Jr.

Ron "R. D." Lancaster Jr. (1963 – March 26, 2013) was a Canadian football coach who was an assistant with the Toronto Argonauts, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Edmonton Eskimos, and Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League and head coach of the University of Manitoba Bisons. He was the fourth-string quarterback for the UBC Thunderbirds in 1981, then played for the Regina Rams junior football team as a backup.

Coaching Lancaster began his coaching career in 1985 as the offensive co-ordinator at Central Collegiate in Regina. He then served as the quarterbacks coach for the McMaster Marauders.

In 1991, Lancaster joined the Toronto Argonauts as their running backs coach. The team won the 79th Grey Cup that year. From 1993 to 1995, Lancaster was the head coach of the Manitoba Bisons, where he had an overall coaching record of 8–16.

In 1996, Lancaster became the offensive co-ordinator under his father with the Edmonton Eskimos. Both Lancasters moved to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1998 and led the team to victory in the following year's Grey Cup. He returned to the Eskimos in 2005 as quarterbacks coach and won his third Grey Cup that season. In 2006, he was Edmonton's receivers coach.

Later life In 2007, Lancaster became a teacher and coach in Hamilton, Ontario.