Catherine Raiche


Catherine Raiche was the director of football administration for the Toronto Argonauts from January 2018 to April 2019. She left the Argos for a front office position in the XFL, reuniting her with head coach/general manager Marc Trestman who was relieved of his duties with Toronto in November 2018. On July 25, 2019, she was hired as football operations coordinator by the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL. Prior to her career with the Argonauts, Raiche worked for the Montreal Alouettes as an administration coordinator and promoted to assistant general manager in January 2017. As a member of the Alouettes, Raiche was the first woman to be hired in the Canadian Football League since Jo-Anne Polak in 1988 and the first woman to become a CFL assistant general manager.

Early life and education

In 1989, Raiche was born in Montreal, Quebec. She completed a degree in law at the Université de Sherbrooke and a master's degree in tax.

Career

Raiche began her career in law in 2012 practicing for the Quebec Bar Association. From 2012 to 2015, she worked in business law for a Montreal firm. In 2015, Raiche changed her career and began working in sports for the Montreal Alouettes as an intern. Later in the year, she became the coordinator of Football Administration for the Alouettes in December 2015. Raiche's appointment to the Alouettes made her the first woman to become a part of the CFL since the hiring of Ottawa Roughriders general manager Jo-Anne Polak in 1988.
Raiche was a coordinator until January 2017 when she was promoted to assistant general manager alongside Joe Mack for the Alouettes. At the time, Raiche was the only woman assistant general manager in the CFL. She remained with the Alouettes before resigning in December 2017. After resigning, Raiche became the Toronto Argonauts director of football administration in January 2018.