The contract extensions for head coach Mike O'Shea and general manager Kyle Walters are for three years, keeping both of them with the team through 2028.
The team announced Friday that both players would return next season but did not specify the length of their contracts.
O'Shea was the team's head coach for 12 years, compiling a 117-77 regular season record. 55-year-old native of North Bay, Ontario. is the franchise leader in wins as a head coach, the seventh most winning head coach in league history, and a two-time CFL Coach of the Year. He also went 9-7 in the playoffs, including 2-3 in the Gray Cups.
The University of Guelph product was recently spotted in Toronto after the Argonauts were allowed to interview him for their head coaching vacancy. Mike “Pinball” Clemons, the Argonauts' general manager, played with O'Shea for four seasons and coached him for seven seasons in Toronto. However, he decided to return to Winnipeg.
Walters has been with the Bombers since 2010, when he became their special teams coordinator. He was promoted to assistant general manager in 2013 and became the team's interim general manager following the firing of Joe Mack.
Native of St. Thomas, Ontario. became the team's permanent general manager in 2014 and hired Mike O'Shea as head coach. Walters went 119-87 as the team's general manager, helping the team win five Gray Cups with two wins.
Walters spent seven seasons as a defensive back for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats before spending six years as coach at the University of Guelph.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished fourth in the West Division standings in 2025 with a 10–8 record, qualifying for the playoffs as a crossover team before losing in the East semi-finals to the Montreal Alouettes. Zach Collaros threw for 3,048 yards, 17 touchdowns and 16 interceptions in 13 regular-season games while going 6-7 as a starter.
The Blue Bombers ranked fifth in net offense, third in net defense and eighth with a minus-eleven turnover margin. The club's leading rusher was Brady Oliveira with 1,163 yards, the leading receiver was Nick Demski with 1,001 yards, and the leading tackler was Tony Jones with 104 tackles. Winnipeg ranked first in attendance with an average attendance of 32,343, up 3.7 per cent from the previous year.
