Drew Allemang

{{Short description|Canadian general manager}} {{Infobox CFL biography | name = Drew Allemang | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date =  | birth_place = Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | team = Ottawa Redblacks | number = | status = | position1 = | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lb = | college = | high_school = | administrating_years1 = {{CFL Year|2008}} | administrating_team1 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Assistant Equipment Manager) | administrating_years2 = {{CFL Year|2009|2010}} | administrating_team2 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Coordinator of Football Operations) | administrating_years3 = {{CFL Year|2011|2012}} | administrating_team3 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Canadian Player Development Coordinator and Head Canadian Scout) | administrating_years4 = {{CFL Year|2013|2018}} | administrating_team4 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Director of Canadian Scouting) | administrating_years5 = {{CFL Year|2016|2018}} | administrating_team5 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Assistant General Manager) | administrating_years6 = {{CFL Year|2019|2021}} | administrating_team6 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Senior Director of Player Personnel and Co-Manager of Football Operations) | administrating_years7 = {{CFL Year|2022|2024}} | administrating_team7 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Assistant General Manager and Director of Canadian Scouting) | administrating_years8 = {{CFL Year|2025}}–present | administrating_team8 = Ottawa Redblacks (Senior Personnel Executive) | career_highlights = }}

'''Drew Allemang''' is a senior personnel executive for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

==Administrative career== Allemang was first hired by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats as the team's Assistant Equipment Manager in 2008 and would also volunteer with the personnel department.<ref name=HAMbio>{{cite web|url=https://ticats.ca/coaches/drew-allemang/ |title=Drew Allemang |publisher=Hamilton Tiger-Cats |access-date=December 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thespec.com/sports/ticats/2016/04/19/new-hamilton-tiger-cats-assistant-general-managers-are-homegrown-football-talent.html |title=New Hamilton Tiger-Cats assistant general managers are homegrown football talent |publisher=The Hamilton Spectator |date=April 19, 2016}}</ref> He was named the team's Coordinator of Football Operations in 2009 and served in that role for two years.<ref name=McManus>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/tiger-cats-name-mcmanus-head-u-s-scout-1.1126926 |title=Tiger-Cats name McManus head U.S. scout |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=March 22, 2011}}</ref> He was then named the team's coordinator of Canadian player development and head Canadian scout in 2011.<ref name=McManus/> On March 8, 2013, he was named the director of Canadian scouting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ticats.ca/football-operations-department-finalized/ |title=Football Operations Department Finalized |publisher=Hamilton Tiger-Cats |date=March 8, 2013}}</ref> Allemang was promoted to assistant general manager on March 11, 2016, while continuing to serve as the director of Canadian scouting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ticats.ca/tiger-cats-promote-tillman-to-general-manager-allemang-burke-appointed-assistant-general-managers/ |title=Tiger-Cats promote Tillman to general manager; Allemang, Burke appointed assistant general managers |publisher=Hamilton Tiger-Cats |date=March 11, 2016}}</ref> After three years in the assistant GM role, he was named senior director of personnel and co-manager of football operations, along with Shawn Burke, on January 3, 2019, effectively making the pair the team's co-general managers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/football/cfl/source-eric-tillman-will-not-return-tiger-cats-general-manager/ |title=Tiger-Cats promote Allemang, Burke, GM Tillman not returning |publisher=Sportsnet |date=January 3, 2019}}</ref> After Burke left the Tiger-Cats, the team re-organized their front office structure and Allemang was named the assistant general manager and director of Canadian scouting on December 24, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2021/12/24/ticats-expand-steinauers-role-announce-operations-staff/ |title=Ticats expand Steinauer's role, announce operations staff |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=December 24, 2021}}</ref> He remained in that capacity for three seasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2025/01/10/ticats-add-three-to-front-office-staff-including-alex-russell-as-director-of-scouting/ |title=Ticats add three to front office staff, including Alex Russell as director of scouting |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=January 10, 2025}}</ref>

On May 13, 2025, it was announced that Allemang had joined the Ottawa Redblacks as a senior personnel executive.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ottawaredblacks.com/2025/05/13/redblacks-introduce-2025-football-operations-team/ |title=Redblacks introduce 2025 Football Operations team |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=May 13, 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life== Allemang's father, Marv, played in the CFL for 14 years, including seven years with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats where he won the 74th Grey Cup.<ref name=HAMbio/><ref name=father>{{cite web|url=https://www.thespec.com/sports/ticats/2016/08/19/like-father-like-sons.html |title=Like father, like sons |publisher=The Hamilton Spectator |date=August 19, 2016}}</ref> Allemang's uncle, Kent Carter, played for the Tiger-Cats from 1976 to 1978.<ref name=HAMbio/> He has one sister, Andrea, and one brother, Matt, who also works for the Tiger-Cats.<ref name=father/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://ticats.ca/coaches/drew-allemang/ Hamilton Tiger-Cats bio]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Allemang, Drew}} Category:Living people Category:Hamilton Tiger-Cats general managers Category:Sportspeople from Hamilton, Ontario Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

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